A Traitor to Memory - (Inspector Lynley) by Elizabeth George (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - When an elderly woman is killed on a quiet London street, Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley embarks on an investigation that will lead him to choose between personal loyalty and professional honor--an "engrossing" (San Diego Union-Tribune) mystery in the acclaimed Inspector Lynley series.

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"A superbly paced, all-consuming treat."--USA Today

When an elderly woman is deliberately run down and killed on a quiet London street, Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley must discover why. It is an investigation that will lead him to walk a fine line between personal loyalty and professional honor.

What brought Eugenie Davies to London on a rainy autumn night? Why was she carrying the name of the man who found her body? Could her murder have some connection to a twenty-eight-year-old musical wunderkind, a virtuoso violinist whose talents have been internationally renowned since he was ten?

To answer these questions, Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley will put his career in jeopardy even as he tries to safeguard those of his longtime partners Barbara Havers and Winston Nkata. Together, they must untangle the dark secrets and even darker passions of a family whose history conceals the truth behind a horrific crime.

Review Quotes

"Anyone who doesn't believe in the mystery as an art form needs only to read A Traitor to Memory."--Miami Herald

"Seamless."--People

"Engrossing . . . finely wrought."--San Diego Union-Tribune

"First-rate suspense with a stunner of an ending."--Booklist

"A superbly paced, all-consuming treat . . . George has the ability to display and then dissect her characters in a painfully realistic way. If dogged police work is what you demand from mysteries, hit the sidewalk with these complicated British detectives."-- USA Today

"This can only add to her growing reputation as doyenne of English mystery novelists."-- Publishers Weekly

"Wrenching . . . George still stands several rungs up the ladder from her more superficial rivals."--Kirkus Reviews

About the Author

Elizabeth George's first novel, A Great Deliverance, was honored with the Anthony and Agatha Best First Novel Awards and received the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière. Her third novel, Well-Schooled in Murder, was awarded the prestigious German prize for suspense fiction, the MIMI. A Suitable Vengeance, For the Sake of Elena, Missing Joseph, Playing for the Ashes, In the Presence of the Enemy, Deception on His Mind, In Pursuit of the Proper Sinner, A Traitor to Memory, and I, Richard were international bestsellers. Elizabeth George divides her time between Huntington Beach, California, and London. Her novels are currently being dramatized by the BBC.