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Believing the Lie
by Elizabeth George
I'm not thrilled about this book. It was difficult to read, there was a hoard of characters to keep track of and I can't help but feel cheated. On the other hand, it was rich tale brimming with intrigue and well-known characters. I'm still annoyed with the author for having killed off inspector Lynley's wife Helen a few books ago, something he has yet to recover from and probably never will.
Anyway, in this particular case Lynley is asked to do a favor for someone higher up in the hierarchy than superintendent Isabeller Ardery, with whom he is having an affair. There has been a death of a rich industry family up in the lake district and they suspect there might be foul play although the coroner ruled it an accident. Off we go on a while goose chase, Lynley "under cover" trying to uncover proof and motives. There is a well of motives in the dysfuncitonal family he encounters. There is an exhausting number of characters.
The "twist" that comes toward the end is forseeable well in advance and the big revelation was a bit of yawn for me. Barbara Havers trying to help Lynley on the sly in London is the most interesting side of the story. She is having an odd-sort of relationship with the neighbor's family and gets much more entanglend than intended.
This book has an exhausting amount of intrigue and very little who-dunnit about it. I found particularly the last part annoying, but it's not the first time Elizabeth George takes this route ("What came before he shot her"). Although I wasn't thrilled, I'm sure I'll be reading the next Inspector Lynley mystery anyway.
Anyway, in this particular case Lynley is asked to do a favor for someone higher up in the hierarchy than superintendent Isabeller Ardery, with whom he is having an affair. There has been a death of a rich industry family up in the lake district and they suspect there might be foul play although the coroner ruled it an accident. Off we go on a while goose chase, Lynley "under cover" trying to uncover proof and motives. There is a well of motives in the dysfuncitonal family he encounters. There is an exhausting number of characters.
The "twist" that comes toward the end is forseeable well in advance and the big revelation was a bit of yawn for me. Barbara Havers trying to help Lynley on the sly in London is the most interesting side of the story. She is having an odd-sort of relationship with the neighbor's family and gets much more entanglend than intended.
This book has an exhausting amount of intrigue and very little who-dunnit about it. I found particularly the last part annoying, but it's not the first time Elizabeth George takes this route ("What came before he shot her"). Although I wasn't thrilled, I'm sure I'll be reading the next Inspector Lynley mystery anyway.