In the Presence of the Enemy by Elizabeth George

This superb latest chapter confirms what her growing core of fans has come to realize: The Lynley books constitute the smartest, most gratifyingly complex and impassioned mystery series now being published. They were together several years ago at a political convention and enjoyed a 10 day sexual. Her books are comedies of manners, social studies, psychological case histories, and always, finally, tragedies. More than most of her contemporaries, George is a writer who respects murder in her series of novels featuring Scotland Yard’s wealthy and cultured investigator Thomas Lynley (this is the eighth), she’s less interested in random acts of violence than in the taking of a life as the apex of a melodrama that has seismic effects upon families, classes, and generations. Tabloid editor Dennis Luxford's secret daughter has been abducted and will be killed if he does not claim her publicly. Reviews aren't verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when it's identified. But the awful, brutal pointlessness of the crime resonates solemnly throughout the novel, affecting the victim’s family, the suspects, and even the investigators who nearly tear themselves and each other apart trying to make sense of it. Thorndike Press, 1996 - Acknowledgment of children - 1008 pages.

The Lynley books constitute the smartest, most gratifyingly complex and impassioned mystery series now being published.'. 'Elizabeth George reigns as queen of the mystery genre. Elizabeth George is the internationally bestselling author of twenty psychological suspense novels, four young adult novels, two books of non-fiction and two. There is only one murder in Elizabeth George’s wrenching new mystery The Presence of the Enemy, and it occurs discreetly between chapters - off camera, as it were. In the Presence of the Enemy is a brilliantly insightful and haunting novel of ideals corrupted by self-interest, of the sins of parents visited upon children.

In the Presence of the Enemy by Elizabeth George