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franssounette's review
3.0
La plume d'Elizabeth George me charme toujours autant par contre, dans ce tome, j'ai trouvé que c'était très lent. J'ai compris que nous faisions un saut dans le passé pour mieux comprendre la place des personnages dans les tomes précédents. Donc je suppose que l'autrice souhaitait bien établir ses bases d'où la lenteur du récit. Mise à part cela, encore une fois, le dénouement fut surprenant et l'idée de séparer le livre en partie à rendue la lecture très fluide et rapide.
Je prend une petite pause de cette série, le temps de me procurer le prochain tome. Au plaisir de vous retrouver inspecteur Lynley !
Je prend une petite pause de cette série, le temps de me procurer le prochain tome. Au plaisir de vous retrouver inspecteur Lynley !
katrina_nh's review against another edition
3.0
A bit lackluster -- not surprising, since we already know what happens with the major relationship featured in the storyline.
lisa_bergin's review against another edition
4.0
This is a prequel in that we learn more about most of the main characters past. Barbara Havers features very little but I really enjoyed it nonetheless and look forward to continuing this series.
julesbieee's review against another edition
4.0
This ended up being the best book yet. The main characters and their histories became much fuller in this one, and I loved the brief appearance by Havers. And the Cornish setting! The mystery is at first uninteresting, and then becomes overly complicated. But I was too enthralled with the Lynley-Deborah-St. James love triangle to notice.
texasreadergirl's review against another edition
4.0
I loved this insight into the personal lives of some of my favorite fictional characters. I didn't start reading Elizabeth George in order, so I learned a lot from this one about Lynley, Simon (whom I adore), Deb and Lady Helen (and Peter Lynley, too). The murder mystery was second to the personal stoy, which suited me just fine in this instance.
aubreeg's review against another edition
3.0
Was a bit confused at first, not knowing that this book actually takes place BEFORE the first books of the series. I usually love that characterization is such a big part of this series, but I felt in this one it was too much. The mystery seemed shoved to the side and the focus was more on character development. I loved all her previous books, but this one was only ok for me.
ellenw's review against another edition
4.0
I think this was my favorite of this series so far. But, confusingly, it's actually a prequel rather tan 4th in the sequence!
rachelsim24's review against another edition
5.0
love this series. Only a little confused. This one is out of order chronologically. should read this one first.
howjessicareads's review against another edition
4.0
I think my favorite of the Lynley books so far. This one is a flashback, to the days before Lynley and Havers are partners, back when Lynley was still engaged to Deborah Cotter. Lynley, Deborah, Lady Helen Clyde, Simon St James, and others, make up a weekend party down to Lynley's ancestral home in Cornwall. It's an awkward party to begin with, since Simon is also in love with Deborah, and Lynley's cocaine-addicted younger brother shows up with his girlfriend, but it rapidly degenerates into a terrible weekend when a local journalist is brutally killed, and members of the party fall under suspicion.