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GOD SAVE THE QUEEN DU CRIME !Teo Bontempi, membre d'une brigade luttant contre les violences faites aux femmes, succombe à l'hôpital après avoir été retrouvée inconsciente dans son appartement london

Eine Studentin der Universität Cambridge wird tot aufgefunden. Der Mord an der jungen Frau erschüttert die Akademikerwelt. Und nur einer wie Inspector Lynley ist imstande, die gefährlichen unterschwelligen Strömungen hinter den dunklen Collegemauern zu erfassen. Mit seiner Assistentin dringt er immer tiefer in die arrogante Männerwelt ein, in ein tödliches Gespinst aus bedingungsloser Liebe, falschem Stolz, uneingestandenen Schuldgefühlen und dem Bedürfnis nach Rache. Subtil und dabei höchst präzise inszeniert Elizabeth George Inspector Lynleys fünften Fall.01Die Amerikanerin Elizabeth George hatte von Jugend an ein ausgeprägtes Faible für die britische Krimitradition. Psychologische Raffinesse, präziser Spannungsaufbau und ein unfehlbarer Sinn für Dramatik charakterisieren ihre Bücher. Ausgezeichnet mit dem Anthony Award, dem Agatha Award und dem Grand Prix de Litérature Policière. Die Autorin lebt in Huntington Beach/Kalifornien.

Una novela policiaca en la mejor tradición británica, por una autora considerada legítima continuadora de P. D. James y Ruth Rendell. Insoslayable para amantes del género

Award-winning author Elizabeth George gives us an early glimpse into the lives of Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley, forensic scientist Simon Allcourt-St. James, and Lady Helen Clyde in a superlative mystery that is also a fascinating inquiry into the crimes of the heart. Lynley, the eighth earl of Asherton, has brought to Howenstow, his family home, the young woman he has asked to be his bride. But the savage murder of a local journalist is the catalyst for a lethal series of events that shatters the calm of a picturesque Cornwall village and embroils Lynley and St. James in a case far outside their jurisdictionand a little too close to home. When a second death follows closely on the heels of the first, Lynley finds he can''t help taking the investigation personallybecause the evidence points to a killer within his own family.

Balford-le-Nez is a dying seatown on the coast of Essex. But when a member of the town''s small but growing Asian community, is found dead on its beach, his neck broken, sleepy Balford-le-Nez ignites. Working solo, without her long-time partner Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley, Sergeant Barbara Havers must probe not only the mind of a murderer and a case very close to her own heart, but the terrible price people pay for deceiving others...and themselves.

Balford-Le-Nez is a dying seatown on the coast of Essex. When a member of its small Asian community is found dead, Sergeant Barbara Havers finds she must probe not only the mind of a murderer and a case very close to her own heart, but the price people pay for deceiving others and themselves.

El inspector Thomas Lynley se queda perplejo cuando recibe la orden de infiltrarse para investigar la muerte de Ian Cresswell por petición del tío de la víctima, el acaudalado y poderoso Bernard Fairclough. Su muerte habia sido archivada como accidental, y no hay indicios de que, efectivamente, pudiera ser de otra manera. Tras pedir ayuda a sus amigos Simon y Deborah Saint James, Lynley pronto descubre que el clan Fairclough esconde multiples secretos, mentiras y motivos suficientes para el asesinato.

La detective Barbara Havers tiene un gran problema: Hadyyah, la hija de su amigo Taymullah Azhar, ha sido secuestrada por su madre, Angelina, y Barbara no puede ayudar de ninguna manera. Azhar nunca se caso con Angelina y su nombre no figura como padre en el certificado de nacimiento de su hija. No puede emprender, por tanto, ningun tipo de accion legal. Azhar y Barbara contratan a un detective privado, pero las pocas pistas con las que cuentan no conducen a nada. Azhar esta empezando a aceptar esta perdida tremenda cuando Angelina reaparece con una noticia increible: Hadyyah ha desaparecido, secuestrada en un mercado italiano. La policia italiana esta investigando, pero Scotland Yard no parece interesarse por el caso hasta que Barbara decidehacerse cargo , aunque ello pueda llegar a costarle su carrera.Barbara y el inspector Thomas Lynley pronto se dan cuenta de que el caso es mucho mas complejo que un secuestro tipico. Barbara tendra que decidir cuales son sus prioridades y cuanto esta dispuesta a arriesgar para salvar la vida de la niña.

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 her 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 as well as attracting 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 taking charge of Hadiyyah''s case, 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.

The #1 "New York Times" bestselling author's award-winning Inspector Lynley series returns with another character-driven crime drama featuring beloved Scotland Yard members Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers and Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley. Elizabeth George first claimed a spot on the "New York Times" bestseller list in 1994. Two decades later her Lynley novels are still at the top of national bestseller lists, proving how vast and loyal her audience is. Critics and fans alike cherish Inspector Lynley, eighth Earl of Asherton, and Sergeant Havers, his working-class partner, for their believably irascible relationship as much as for their uncanny ability to solve the most challenging cases. And in her twentieth Inspector Lynley novel, "A Banquet of Consequences," George delivers another winner as Lynley and Havers are drawn from Cambridge to London to the windswept town of Shaftesbury during one of their most complex cases yet.

George ist spannender!Bernard Fairclough ist das Oberhaupt einer wohlhabenden und einflussreichen Familie, die ihren Sitz im Lake District hat. Nichts ist ihm wichtiger, als jeden Makel, der die schone Fassade beschadigen konnte, zu vermeiden. Als sein Neffe eines Tages tot im See aufgefunden wird, erklart die ortliche Polizei schnell, dass es sich um einen Unfall handelt. Fairclough, der dennoch jeden Verdacht ausraumen will, engagiert Inspector Thomas Lynley von New Scotland Yard. Und wie dieser schon bald entdeckt, gibt es einige Familienmitglieder, die einen Grund gehabt hatten, Ian Cresswell Boses zu wollen. Zusammen mit seiner Kollegin Barbara Havers in London kommt er den Geheimnissen der Faircloughs Schritt fur Schritt naher und entdeckt dabei hinter der Fassade das Trummerfeld ...