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Deception on his Mind
On sale
2nd November 2006
Price: £19.99
Balford-le-Nez is a dying seatown on the coast of Essex. But when a member of the town’s small but growing Asian community is found dead near its beach, the sleepy town ignites. Working without her long-time partner, Detective Inspector Lynley, Sergeant Barbara Havers must probe not only the mind of a murderer and a case very close to her own heart, but also the terrible price people pay for deceiving others … and themselves.
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Reviews
The multi-faceted surprise ending to the taut, suspenseful plot is the juiciest plum in this can't-put-down novel.
She writes extremely well, plots brilliantly and reaches an emotional level deeper than most ... Captivating
The best plotter in the mystery game, [her] elegant literate flow puts many Brits to shame
Elizabeth George reigns as queen of the mystery genre.
It's tough to resist George's storytelling, once hooked.
She is a great storyteller. The totality is a big fat, satisfying book.'
A compelling mystery,intricately plotted, with multiple twists and a satisfyingly devious finale. George is brilliant at juggling so many motives and so many suspects, keeping the reader enthralled, and coming up with such a clever solution.
George's nine best-selling novels of psychological suspense are burnished with the internationalism that is a result of dividing her time between California and London