Susan Elizabeth George Knihy

Obsáhlý detektivní román se zabývá vraždou dvou mladých lidí, nalezených na odlehlém místě anglického vřesoviště. Nicolu Maidenovou hledají již několik dní její rodiče i snoubenec, když je náhodně nalezena zavražděna v divokých opuštěných místech kraje. Spolu s ní i neznámý mladý muž. Detektiv Lynley a jeho kolegyně pátrají po příčinách jejich smrti. Autorka přichází s věrohodnými motivy u všech podezřelých a současně popisuje osobní život svých obdivuhodných hrdinů s podmanivou směsicí chytrosti, lehkosti a drzosti. Čím více temných tajemství Lynley a Haversová odhalují, tím je jim jasnější, že oběti ani podzřelí nejsou těmi, kým se zdáli být.

Dennis Luxford has made a career out of exposing scandal, and when he is offered another government sleaze story, his hesitation seems inexplicable. But at the heart of the scoop lies the kidnapping of his daughter. Inspector Lynley and Dectective Sergeant Havers are called in.

Psychologická detektivka americké autorky, která své příběhy ráda zasazuje do ryze anglického prostředí.

The power of parental love, a power which overrides all other considerations, all other loves and loyalties, but which can end in tragedy._

DI Thomas Lynley is still on compassionate leave after the murder of his wife. The discovery of a body in a Stoke Newington cemetery offers Isabelle Ardery, his temporary replacement at the Met, the chance to make her mark with a high profile murder investigation. Persuading Lynley back to work seems the best way to guarantee a result: Lynley's team is fiercely loyal to him and Isabelle needs them - and especially Barbara Havers - on side. The Met is twitchy: a series of PR disasters has undermined its confidence. Isabelle knows that she'll be operating under the unforgiving scrutiny of the media, so is quick - perhaps too quick - to pin the murder on a convenient suspect. The murder trail leads Lynley and Havers to the New Forest, and the eventual resolution of the case. Its roots are in a long-ago act of violence that has poisoned subsequent generations and its outcome is both tragic and shocking.

Virtuoso violinist Gideon Davies has lost his memory of music and his ability to play the instrument he mastered at the age of five. One fateful night at Wigmore Hall, he lifted his violin to play in a Beethoven trio . . . and everything in his mind related to music was gone. Gideon suffers from a form of amnesia, the cure for which is an examination of what he can remember. And what he can remember is little enough until his mind is triggered by the weeping of a woman and a single name: Sonia. One rainy evening, a woman called Eugenie travels to London for a mysterious appointment. But before she is able to reach her destination, a car swoops out of nowhere and kills her in the street. In pursuing her killer, Thomas Lynley, Barbara Havers and Winston Nkata come to know a group of people inextricably connected by a long-ago crime and punishment no one has spoken of for twenty years.

Millionaire Guy Brouard has made his home on Guernsey and acted as patron and benefactor to many of the islanders. So his murder comes as a shock - and puts many of their schemes in jeopardy. The young woman arrested for the crime is China River, a Californian photographer who was only on Guernsey in the first place as a favour to her brother, Cherokee. In shock at this turn of events, Cherokee seeks help from his only UK contact - Deborah St James, a long-standing friend of his sister. Dealing with personal issues in her marriage and her career, Deborah rushes impulsively to the island to address this miscarriage of justice, accompanied - albeit reluctantly - by her husband, Simon, whose skills as a forensic pathologist and whose connections with Scotland Yard, will prove useful. As the couple penetrate the close-knit Guernsey community in order to solve the crime, they discover it has its roots in the island's history of Nazi Occupation. They also discover things about themselves, and their own relationship, along the way.

Detective Inspector Lynley is approached by business magnate Bernard Fairclough for a confidential review - not a formal investigation - of the circumstances of his nephew's demise. The coroner's verdict is accidental death. Recovering from the murder of his wife, Lynley has personal reasons for welcoming a spell away from London. He heads to the wild beauty of the Lake District, with Deborah and Simon St James to provide cover for his inquiries. Barbara Havers, back at base, makes her own unique contribution to the case, distracted only by Isabelle's ambitions to improve her Detective Sergeant's appearance. When he comes to know the various members of the extended Fairclough dynasty, Lynley finds many possible motives for murder, and uncovers layers of deceit and betrayal that expose the lies at the heart of the Cumbrian community.

Tijdens een verlovingsfeest wordt het lijk van een journalist ontdekt.

Na de dood van zijn vrouw heeft Thomas Lynley ontslag genomen bij New Scotland Yard. Met niet meer dan een rugzak trekt hij al een maand te voet door Cornwall, om alleen te zijn met zijn gedachten. Maar terwijl hij op een rotspad langs de kust naar de golven in de diepte staart, ziet hij op een rots beneden hem het lichaam van een jongen liggen. Dood. Zodra rechercheur Bea Hannaford van de plaatselijke politie erachter komt wie Lynley is, wil ze hem niet laten gaan. New Scotland Yard heeft zijn ontslag niet geaccepteerd en dus is Lynley nog steeds politieman. En Hannaford kan zijn hulp goed gebruiken. Lynley - het bloed kruipt nu eenmaal waar het niet gaan kan - is door de hele zaak geïntrigeerd. Wanneer Barbara Havers zich bij hem voegt, begint een speurtocht binnen een kleine gemeenschap waar geheimen uit heden en verleden zich opstapelen...