A hugely complex and entertaining novel - Star Pick*, The Times Crime Club

Elizabeth George delivers another intelligent, intricate mystery - New York Times

Superlative . . . This is a memorable addition to [the Inspector Lynley] series - Publishers Weekly (starred, boxed review)

Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers and Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley are back in the next Lynley novel from Sunday Times bestselling author Elizabeth George.

A Nigerian born detective sergeant working for the Metropolitan Police is found unconscious in her own flat and ends up in hospital where she dies of her injury. The post-mortem reveals that the subdural hematoma is the result of a blow to her head. DI Thomas Lynley, DS Barbara Havers and DS Winston Nkata are called in to investigate a case that touches upon not only the work and the life of the murdered detective but also upon a controversial cultural tradition that damages and often destroys the future of everyone it involves.

Product Details

Format: Paperback | 640 pages
Language: English
ISBN-10 : 1529346576
ISBN-13 : 9781529346572
Publisher: ? Hodder & Stoughton
Publication date: 02 Feb 2023
Category: Crime & mystery
Author: Nikki May
Dimensions: 12.8 x 4.6 x 19.6 cm
Weight: 444 g

SKU:	9781529346572