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When a Member of Parliament shows up at New Scotland Yard requesting an investigation into the suicide of the son of one of his constituents in the beautiful town of Ludlow, the Assistant Commissioner sees two opportunities in this request: the first is to have an MP owing him a favour, and the second is to get rid of Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers, whose career at the Met has been hanging by a thread for quite some time. So he assigns Havers to...
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On compassionate leave after the murder of his wife, Thomas Lynley is called back to Scotland Yard when the body of a woman is found stabbed and abandoned in an isolated London cemetery. While Lynley works on the case in London, his former colleagues Barbara Havers and Winston Nkata follow the murder trail south to the New Forest--and to an outcome that is both tragic and shocking.
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In this novel Inspector Thomas Lynley is mystified when he's sent undercover to investigate the death of Ian Cresswell at the request of the man's uncle, the wealthy and influential Bernard Fairclough. The death has been ruled an accidental drowning, and nothing on the surface indicates otherwise. But when Lynley enlists the help of his friends Simon and Deborah St. James, the trio's digging soon reveals that the Fairclough clan is awash in secrets,...
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Barbara is at a loss: The daughter of her friend Taymullah Azhar has been taken by her mother, and Barbara can't really help—Azhar had never married Angelina, and his name isn't on Hadiyyah's, their daughter's, birth certificate. He has no legal claim. Azhar and Barbara hire a private detective, but the trail goes cold. Azhar is just beginning to accept his soul-crushing loss when Angelina reappears with shocking news: Hadiyyah is missing,
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Scotland Yard's Thomas Lynley discovers the body of a young man who appears to have fallen to his death. The closest town, better known for its tourists and its surfing than its intrigue, seems an unlikely place for murder. However, it soon becomes apparent that a clever killer is indeed at work, and this time Lynley is not a detective but a witness and possibly a suspect.
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WGBH Boston Video
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2008, c2007
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When the body of Lynley's godson is discovered 12 years after his abduction, it seems for the parents that the past has finally been laid to rest. Lynley tries to hold himself together to support the family, but when he begins an affair with the family's now-grown daughter -- and she is then found dead -- Lynley is hauled in for questioning. Convinced that Julia's death is somehow related to her brother's abduction and death, Lynley must unravel not...
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2015
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"As Inspector Thomas Lynley investigates the London angle of an ever more darkly disturbing case, his partner, Barbara Havers, is looking behind the peaceful fa©ʹade of country life to discover a twisted world of desire, deceit, and murder. The suicide of William Goldacre is devastating to those left behind. But what was the cause of his tragedy and how far might the consequences reach? Is there a link between the young man's leap from a Dorset...
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WGBH Boston Video
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2006
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Lynley and Havers are called to Smithfields Market, where the body of a man has been found frozen inside a meat truck. The victim is carrying a forged British passport and a parchment covered in Arabic script ... The page turns out to be part of an immensely valuable ancient golden Koran, more than enough motive for murder. -- container.
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WGBH Boston Video
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[2008], c2007
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When the body of a missing schoolgirl is discovered in a lake, a post-mortem reveals disturbing details. Meanwhile, another young girl is reported missing, and unless she is found soon she will slip into a diabetic coma. With little support from Assistant Commissioner Evans, will Lynley and Havers be able to find her in time?
15) Payment in blood
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The career of a playwright comes to an abupt end on an isolated estate in the Scottish Highlands when someone drives an 18-inch dirk through her neck.
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WGBH Boston Video
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2006
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Lynley and Havers are assigned to a new case back in London, following the discovery of a body floating in the Thames. The victim, Eric Ramsey, was a doorkeeper at the House of Lords. On closer inspection, it appears that he has been savagely beaten, having had his hands tied behind his back. Initially, it looks as if the murder may be connected to Ramsey's gambling debts, but when a Clerk at the House of Lords is also murdered, events seem to point...
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[2022]
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"Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers and Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley are back in the next Lynley novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth George. When a police detective is taken off life support after falling into a coma, only an autopsy reveals the murderous act that precipitated her death. She'd been working on a special task force within North London's Nigerian community, and Acting Detective Superintendent Thomas Lynley is...
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WGBH Boston
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c2005, p2004
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"Eugenie Martin, long-estranged from her son Gideon, a brilliant violinist, falls victim to foul play in a particularly grisly manner. On the same evening far across London, Gideon suffers a paralyzing case of stage fright. Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley and his partner, Barbara Havers, are dispatched by DSI Webberley himself to solve the crime"--Container.
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