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PublisherRandom House Publishing Group

ISBN-100553102354

ISBN-139780553102352

eBay Product ID (ePID)429817

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Book TitleIn Pursuit of the Proper Sinner

Number of Pages608 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicThrillers / Suspense, Mystery & Detective / Traditional

Publication Year1999

GenreFiction

AuthorElizabeth George

Book SeriesInspector Lynley Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.5 in

Item Weight15 oz

Item Length9.6 in

Item Width6.4 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN99-032503

Dewey Edition21

ReviewsPraise forIn Pursuit of the Proper Sinner: "An intricate, swiftly paced tale that brings back the popular New Scotland Yard team of detectives Thomas Lynley and Barbara Havers....The mulitfaceted surprise ending to the taut, suspenseful plot is the juiciest plum of all in this can't-put-down novel." --Publishers Weekly(starred review) "Miss George's work continues to amaze...she continues to expand the mystery genre into serious, mind-absorbing fiction.... Powerful and provocative...In Pursuit of the Proper Sinnerjoins its predecessors in a growing line of dazzlingly brilliant novels." --Richmond Times-Dispatch "Families are a recurring motif in Ms. George's tenth and most absorbing novel: blood families, extended families, professional families. No ties are stronger--yet who ever solves the mysteries of these intimate strangers?" --The Wall Street Journal Praise for Elizabeth George: "Elizabeth George reigns as queen of the mystery genre. The Lynley books constitute the smartest, most gratifyingly complex and impassioned mystery series now being published." --Entertainment Weekly "[Elizabeth George is] a master [who] dazzles us with her sleight of hand, gains our respect for her willingness to take chances, and makes us look forward to the book that will follow." --San Francisco Chronicle Book Review "It's tough to resist George's storytelling, once hooked." --USA Today "Ms. George proves that the classiest crime writers are true novelists." --The New York Times "George is a master....An outstanding practitioner of the modern English mystery." --Chicago Tribune "Ms. George can do it all, with style to spare....She writes up to the highest level of contemporary English crimes." --The Wall Street Journal "A fascinating list of subjects...wrenching stories...George conveys them all with exceptional grace." --People "George provides [a] sumptuous, all-out reading experience." --Los Angeles Times "George's novels are complex, stylishly written, and delve deep into the human psyche....Wonderful reading." --Orange Coast

Dewey Decimal813/.54

SynopsisCalder Moor is a wild and deadly place: many have been trapped in the myriad limestone caves, lost in collapsed copper mines, injured on perilous gritstone ridges. But this time, when two bodies are discovered in the shadow of the ancient circle of stones known as Nine Sisters Henge, it is clearly not a case for Mountain Rescue. The corpses are those of a young man and woman. Each met death in a different fashion. Each died violently. To Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley, brought in to investigate by special request, this grisly crime promises to be one of the toughest assignments of his career. For the unfortunate Nicola Maiden was the daughter of a former officer in an elite undercover unit, a man Lynley once regarded as a mentor. Now, as Lynley struggles to find out if Nicola's killer was an enemy of her father's or one she earned herself, a disgraced Barbara Havers, determined to redeem herself in the eyes of her longtime partner, crisscrosses London seeking information on the second murder victim. Yet the more dark secrets Lynley and Havers uncover, the more they learn that neither the victims nor the suspects are who they appear to be. And once again they come up against the icy realization that human relationships are often murderous...and that the blood that binds can also kill.

LC Classification NumberPS3557.E478I45 1999