Believing the Lie (Inspector Lynley Mystery, Book 17)
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0525952586
ISBN 13
9780525952589
Category
813 Fiction
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Publication Year
2012
Publisher
Pages
624
Subject
Lynley, Thomas -- Fiction. Women detectives -- England -- Fiction. Havers, Barbara (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
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Abstract
In this novel Inspector Thomas Lynley is mystified when he's sent undercover to investigate the death of Ian Cresswell at the request of the man's uncle, the wealthy and influential Bernard Fairclough. The death has been ruled an accidental drowning, and nothing on the surface indicates otherwise. But when Lynley enlists the help of his friends Simon and Deborah St. James, the trio's digging soon reveals that the Fairclough clan is awash in secrets, lies, and motives. Deborah's investigation of the prime suspect, Bernard's prodigal son Nicholas, a recovering drug addict, leads her to Nicholas' wife, a woman with whom she feels a kinship, a woman as fiercely protective as she is beautiful. Lynley and Simon delve for information from the rest of the family, including the victim's bitter ex-wife and the man he left her for, and Bernard himself. As the investigation escalates, the Fairclough family's veneer cracks, with deception and self-delusion threatening to destroy everyone from the Fairclough patriarch to Tim, the troubled son Ian left behind.
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Synopsis
Is it an accident?
Or murder?
Inspector Thomas Lynley is mystified when hes sent undercover to investigate the death of Ian Cresswell at the request of the mans uncle, wealthy and influential Bernard Fairclough. The death has been ruled an accidental drowning, and nothing on the surface indicates otherwise. But when Lynley enlists the help of his friends Simon and Deborah St. James, the trios digging soon reveals that the Fairclough clan is awash in secrets, lies, and motives.
As the investigation escalates, the Fairclough familys veneer cracks, with deception and self-delusion threatening to destroy everyone from the Fairclough patriarch to the troubled son Ian left behind.
About the Author
Elizabeth George is the New York Times bestselling author of numerous suspense novels, one book of nonfiction, and two short story collections. Her work has been honored with the Anthony Award, the Agatha Award, and Frances Le Grand Prix de Littérature Policière. She lives in Washington State.
Recent Inspector Thomas Lynley novels include: This Body of Death, Careless in Red, What Came Before He Shot Her, With No One as Witness, A Place of Hiding, and A Traitor to Memory.
Is it an accident?
Or murder?
Inspector Thomas Lynley is mystified when hes sent undercover to investigate the death of Ian Cresswell at the request of the mans uncle, wealthy and influential Bernard Fairclough. The death has been ruled an accidental drowning, and nothing on the surface indicates otherwise. But when Lynley enlists the help of his friends Simon and Deborah St. James, the trios digging soon reveals that the Fairclough clan is awash in secrets, lies, and motives.
As the investigation escalates, the Fairclough familys veneer cracks, with deception and self-delusion threatening to destroy everyone from the Fairclough patriarch to the troubled son Ian left behind.
About the Author
Elizabeth George is the New York Times bestselling author of numerous suspense novels, one book of nonfiction, and two short story collections. Her work has been honored with the Anthony Award, the Agatha Award, and Frances Le Grand Prix de Littérature Policière. She lives in Washington State.
Recent Inspector Thomas Lynley novels include: This Body of Death, Careless in Red, What Came Before He Shot Her, With No One as Witness, A Place of Hiding, and A Traitor to Memory.
Biblio Notes
Genre/Form: Detective and mystery fiction
Series
Fiction
Mystery fiction
Named Person: Thomas Lynley; Thomas Lynley
Material Type: Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Elizabeth George
ISBN: 9780525952589 0525952586 9780451237699 0451237692
OCLC Number: 731911133
Notes: Map on end papers.
Description: 610 pages : maps ; 24 cm
Responsibility: Elizabeth George.
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