“George’s mystery unfolds with great psychological depth, finely drawn characters and gorgeous portraits of the English countryside. . . . [George] is an essential writer of popular fiction today.” —The Washington Post
The #1 New York Times bestselling author’s award-winning series returns with another stunning crime drama featuring Scotland Yard members Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley and Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers.
The unspoken secrets and buried lies of one family rise to the surface in Elizabeth George’s newest novel of crime, passion, and tragic history. As Inspector Thomas Lynley investigates the London angle of an ever more darkly disturbing case, his partner, Barbara Havers, is looking behind the peaceful façade of country life to discover a twisted world of desire and deceit.
The suicide of William Goldacre is devastating to those left behind who will have to deal with its unintended consequences—could there be a link between the young man’s leap from a Dorset cliff and a horrific poisoning in Cambridge?
After various issues with her department, Barbara Havers is desperate to redeem herself. So when a past encounter gives her a connection to the unsolved Cambridge murder, Barbara begs Thomas Lynley to let her pursue the crime, knowing one mistake could mean the end of her career.
Full of shocks, intensity, and suspense from the first page to the last, A Banquet of Consequences reveals both Lynley and Havers under mounting pressure to solve a case both complicated and deeply disturbing.
From the Hardcover edition.
A Banquet of Suspense and Reading Pleasure You don’t have to have be a fan of Elizabeth George, or have read any of her previous novels to enjoy her newest mystery novel “A Banquet of Consequences”. This is the latest in a series of books featuring Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley of New Scotland Yard and his team. For those who have not read the author’s earlier works, the reader is again an observer of the relationship between the aristocratic DI Lynley, a very human and likable “Gov” and his Detective Sergeant…
Elizabeth George is back and this one of her finest! I have been an avid fan of Elizabeth George and the (Lynley series) from the beginning. Playing for the Ashes and Deception on his Mind are in my humble opinion two of the finest psychological mysteries I have ever read. Many others in the long running series were almost as good. Unfortunately, in the past few years the caliber of writing has declined. George’s last two books were a struggle to get through and if not for Amazon Vine I may not have purchased A Banquet of Consequences…
Breath of Fresh Air As I closed this lengthy (573 pages) new book in the Lynley/Havers series I breathed a sigh of relief. Oh my goodness, I think Elizabeth George is back on track. This was actually a good installment in the series. After George killed off Lynley’s wife and unborn child on their own doorstep, the series went amok. She followed that incident with a book that was truly, in my opinion, horrible “What Came Before Her” and then issued four very mediocre novels with Lynley and Havers behaving…