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Just One Evil Act by Elizabeth George

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Just One Evil Act

Inspector Lynley (Related to this series)

Author
Elizabeth George
Narrator
Davina Porter
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Publish Date
15 October 2013
Run Time
28 hours 24 minutes
Format
Audiobook
Genre
Crime and / or mystery fiction

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When Hadiyyah Upman disappears from London in the company of her mother, Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers is as devastated as the girl's father. They are her close friends as well as neighbours, but since the child is with her mother, nothing can be done. Five months later, Hadiyyah is kidnapped from an open air market in Lucca, Italy, and this triggers an investigation in the full glare of the media spotlight. Barbara's clever manipulation of the worst of London's tabloids forces New Scotland Yard to become involved. But rather than Barbara herself, her superior officer DI Thomas Lynley is assigned to handle a situation made delicate by racial issues, language difficulties, and the determination of an Italian magistrate to arrest and convict someone - anyone - for the crime.

(P)2013 Penguin Group USA

Critics Review

  • PRAISE FOR ELIZABETH GEORGE
  • She's brilliant

    Guardian

  • The connoisseur's crime writer

    Sunday Express

  • A very fine writer

    The Times

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  • A master of the English mystery

    New York Times

  • 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

  • George is a master

    Chicago Tribune

  • A fascinating list of subjects . . . wrenching stories . . . George conveys them all with exceptional grace

    People

  • It's tough to resist George's storytelling, once hooked

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Details
Author
Elizabeth George
Narrator
Davina Porter
Duration
28 hours 24 minutes
Release Date
15 October 2013
ISBN
9781848949737
Format
Audiobook
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Genre
Crime and / or mystery fiction

Synopsis

When Hadiyyah Upman disappears from London in the company of her mother, Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers is as devastated as the girl's father. They are her close friends as well as neighbours, but since the child is with her mother, nothing can be done. Five months later, Hadiyyah is kidnapped from an open air market in Lucca, Italy, and this triggers an investigation in the full glare of the media spotlight. Barbara's clever manipulation of the worst of London's tabloids forces New Scotland Yard to become involved. But rather than Barbara herself, her superior officer DI Thomas Lynley is assigned to handle a situation made delicate by racial issues, language difficulties, and the determination of an Italian magistrate to arrest and convict someone - anyone - for the crime.(P)2013 Penguin Group USA

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