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A Slowly Dying Cause
Inspector Lynley (Related to this series)
- Author
- Elizabeth George
- Narrator
- Simon Vance
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Publish Date
- 25 September 2025
- Run Time
- 19 hours 52 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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Read by AudioFile Golden Voice Simon Vance.
The latest gripping Inspector Lynley mystery from the No. 1 international bestselling author. The brand-new Lynley TV series is on iPlayer now.
Amid the beauty of Cornwall’s coastline, the death of a local man shatters the peace with its violence . . .
The body of Michael Lobb is discovered in his family’s tin and pewter workshop, and as Detective Inspector Beatrice Hannaford investigates, it emerges that Lobb was the only remaining obstacle preventing the purchase of local land by a mining company.
The complexity of the case only increases as Lobb’s family life, rife with mistrust and deception, comes to light. The tangled web of intrigue soon draws in Bea’s colleagues, Thomas Lynley and Barbara Havers, who must search for a killer in a community that has very little trust in outsiders . . .
‘An essential writer of popular fiction today’ – Washington Post
‘A superstar of the crime-fiction world’ – Seattle Times
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‘She writes extremely well, plots brilliantly and reaches an emotional level deeper than most’ – The Times
‘She's a designer of fastidious mosaics that never fail to intrigue’ – The Guardian
‘Elizabeth George delivers another intelligent, intricate mystery’ – The New York Times
‘Presses all the buttons to make us hoover her stuff up’ – The Daily Telegraph
‘It feels like meeting old friends and that you're almost solving the crime together’ – Belfast Telegraph
‘Rich with descriptive detail and emotional nuance. Several alternating plot threads unspool at length, all of which weave tightly together with pleasing inevitability’ – Wall Street Journal
Critics Review
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She writes extremely well, plots brilliantly and reaches an emotional level deeper than most
The Times
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With his rich baritone and impeccable pacing, Simon Vance gives voice to the return of Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley and his partner, Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers. Characters from Cornwall to South Africa benefit from Vance’s facility with accents as he delineates the many personalities and their disparate backstories.
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She's a designer of fastidious mosaics that never fail to intrigue
Guardian
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Elizabeth George delivers another intelligent, intricate mystery
New York Times
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An essential writer of popular fiction today
The Washington Post
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A superstar of the crime-fiction world
The Seattle Times
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The best plotter in the mystery game, [her] elegant literate flow puts many Brits to shame
Time Out
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Details
- Author
- Elizabeth George
- Narrator
- Simon Vance
- Duration
- 19 hours 52 minutes
- Release Date
- 25 September 2025
- ISBN
- 9781035074662
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Genre
- Crime and mystery: police procedural, Crime and mystery: women sleuths / detectives, Thriller / suspense fiction, Narrative theme: sense of place, Narrative theme: death, grief, loss
Synopsis
Read by AudioFile Golden Voice Simon Vance.The latest gripping Inspector Lynley mystery from the No. 1 international bestselling author. The brand-new Lynley TV series is on iPlayer now.Amid the beauty of Cornwall’s coastline, the death of a local man shatters the peace with its violence . . .The body of Michael Lobb is discovered in his family’s tin and pewter workshop, and as Detective Inspector Beatrice Hannaford investigates, it emerges that Lobb was the only remaining obstacle preventing the purchase of local land by a mining company.The complexity of the case only increases as Lobb’s family life, rife with mistrust and deception, comes to light. The tangled web of intrigue soon draws in Bea’s colleagues, Thomas Lynley and Barbara Havers, who must search for a killer in a community that has very little trust in outsiders . . .‘An essential writer of popular fiction today’ – Washington Post‘A superstar of the crime-fiction world’ – Seattle Times****‘She writes extremely well, plots brilliantly and reaches an emotional level deeper than most’ – The Times‘She's a designer of fastidious mosaics that never fail to intrigue’ – The Guardian‘Elizabeth George delivers another intelligent, intricate mystery’ – The New York Times‘Presses all the buttons to make us hoover her stuff up’ – The Daily Telegraph‘It feels like meeting old friends and that you're almost solving the crime together’ – Belfast Telegraph‘Rich with descriptive detail and emotional nuance. Several alternating plot threads unspool at length, all of which weave tightly together with pleasing inevitability’ – Wall Street Journal
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