This Body of Death

  • Author Elizabeth George
  • Narrator Terry Wale
  • Publisher Hodder & Stoughton
  • Run Time 1 day, 2 hours and 17 minutes
  • Format Audio
  • Genre Crime and mystery fiction.
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What to expect

Elizabeth George's masterly new novel brings Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley back onto centre stage in an intricate crime drama.

While DI Thomas Lynley is still on compassionate leave after the murder of his wife, Isabelle Ardery is brought into the Met as his temporary replacement. The discovery of a body in a Stoke Newington cemetery offers Isabelle the chance to make her mark with a high profile murder investigation. Persuading Lynley back to work seems the best way to guarantee a result: Lynley's team is fiercely loyal to him and Isabelle needs them - and especially Barbara Havers - on side. The Met is twitchy: a series of PR disasters has undermined its confidence. Isabelle knows that she'll be operating under the unforgiving scrutiny of the media, so is quick - perhaps too quick - to pin the murder on a convenient suspect. The murder trail leads Lynley and Havers to the New Forest, and the eventual resolution of the case. Its roots are in a long-ago act of violence that has poisoned subsequent generations and its outcome is both tragic and shocking.

(p) 2011 Hodder & Stoughton Ltd

Critics Review

  • Ms George is the connoisseur’s crime writer

    Sunday Express
  • The author writes brilliantly and has an incredible ability to set a scene and create characters you want to know more about

    Sun
  • Terrific as always – and how great to have Lynley back on the force

    Time Out
  • This is crime writing at its finest

    Saga

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