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Payment in Blood

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5th June 2006

Price: £16.99

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Selected: Audiobook CD / ISBN-13: 9781844561117

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An isolated Scottish mansion is the venue for a reading of a controversial new play by a West End theatre company. But on the very first evening, the playwright is savagely murdered, and Inspector Thomas Lynley faces the most testing case of his career.



For one of the suspects is Lady Helen Clyde, the woman Lynley loves. And as he attempts to untangle the family scandals, fierce theatrical rivalries and long-buried secrets that beset the case, Lynley struggles to balance the clinical detachment of his job with the intensity of his feelings.

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Reviews

Colin Dexter
A treat - splendidly plotted and beautifully written
<i>Time Out</i>
George weaves her usual magic, embroiling her Scotland Yard characters in tangles both personal and professional
<i>Washington Post Book World</i>
George explores her characters' dreams and fears with a penetrating grace that makes reading her books a joy
<i>Booklist</i>
This is a riveting instalment in a superb series
<i>Chicago Tribune</i>
George is a master
<i>Oxford Times</i>
Dickensian in scope, her scenes pinpoint sharp . . . and the dynamicx of the characters sensitive and disturbing.