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by Elizabeth George (Author)
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Placing her own stamp on the traditions of Dorothy Sayers and P. D. James, George ( A Great Deliverance ) supports her vividly characterized story of murder and espionage with elements of theatrical life, British class-consciousness and love gone awry. Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley, eighth Earl of Asherton, is sent to Scotland to investigate the murder of playwright Joy Sinclair. Her death had occurred as a company of stage greats, gathered by eminent producer Stuart Rintoul, Lord Stinhurst, was reading through the revised script of her latest play. Lynley's disquiet at being assigned to a case in Scotland is exacerbated when he discovers that his close friend, Lady Helen Clyde, was also on hand, in the company of director Rhys Davis-Jones. Learning that the revised play touched on secrets that nearly all the assembled cast might consider deserving of murder, Lynley struggles to balance peer loyalty and his personal anguish with objective police work. Assisted by fiercely egalitarian Sergeant Barbara Havers and by forensics expert and friend Simon St. James, Lynley forges through a thicket of deceptions, personal and nation-wide, to solve the mysteries of the first murder and one that follows, though not the mysteries of his heart. 50,000 first printing; $50,000 ad/promo.
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The much acclaimed author of A Great Deliverance delivers her challenging second novel--a literate, vastly detailed, and intricately characterized piece which progresses from a frigid Scottish manor house/hotel to a swarming, theatrical London. Scotland Yard's Thomas Lynley (series detective and Earl of Asherton), unexpectedly assigned to a gory stabbing murder, uncovers deeply hidden family secrets and various psychological convolutions among suspects, but allows personal jealously to color his choice of prime suspect. A bit mechanical in places, and slow-moving in others, but steadily absorbing and masterful overall. The upcoming author tour should boost demand --especially from readers of George's first.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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3.0 out of 5 stars dragging a bit, Oct 28 2007
By Toni Osborne "The Way I See It" (Montreal, Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Payment In Blood (Paperback)
This mystery has some highly entertaining moments although the story dragged a bit and my mind wandered a lot. Ms George style is very much like Agatha Christie, a vivid cast of suspects, an appealing team of sleuths and a beautiful setting.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Love + Jealousy + Murder = A Very Complex Investigation, Dec 6 2008

Elizabeth George takes the cool Scotland Yard Inspector Thomas Lynley and turns his world upside down. For unknown and possibly public relations reasons, Scotland Yard sends Lynley outside of his jurisdiction to Scotland to take over an investigation after a fetching playwright is found murdered in her bed.

But, the guest in the adjoining room is Lynley's much beloved Lady Helen Clyde. To Lynley's chagrin, it turns out that Lady Helen has been sharing her boudoir. Naturally, she must be interrogated. How will Lynley bear up?

Lynley is clearly distraught by dealing with the situation and is soon making big mistakes. How will that affect the investigation? Well, it's not good . . . but fortunately Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers is on duty with Lynley.

Although this is a mystery, the book succeeds more as an investigation into the English class system and its weaknesses. With Barbara Havers standing in for every person in her role as skeptical seeker after truth, we see the rotten underpinnings of having a hereditary elite in place. How far has the rot spread? Well, you'll just have to read the book to find out.

The mystery itself takes some tangled turns that will provide much entertainment.

I graded the book down a bit. Some scenes didn't resonate with my impressions of this character from the last book. I thought that Ms. George had Lynley's head spinning a bit more than seems likely from what we learned about him in A Great Deliverance.

The book is a very important one in the series though. Frequent references in future books are made to the events in this one. You will enrich your enjoyment of future books if you read Payment in Blood.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Not quite as good as the first, but still a great read., Sep 19 2005
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Unlike the first book in this series, "Payment in Blood", there is actually a mystery about who the culprit is, but I actually didn't find this book as riveting. The book starts with a terribly cliched setting: a murder at a remote Scottish estate almost cut off from the world by a blizzard. Thankfully, there is more to the novel than that, though the middle does tend to drag a bit. Still, this is a worthy sequel.
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4.0 out of 5 stars The mysteries of the human heart
This novel is an interesting mixture of a big-country-house mystery in the tradition of Agatha Christie and a much deeper study of the way that humans can fundamentally hurt and... Read more
Published on Jun 3 2002 by Martha E. Nelson

4.0 out of 5 stars What a Team - Havers and Lynley
Havers and Lynley are the best Detective Team out there as far as I'm concerned. They are so opposite, but they work. Read more
Published on Mar 30 2002 by S. Schwartz

5.0 out of 5 stars Really good
Even though George paints a somewhat old-fashioned portrait of English life, she is still able to write very very good mysteries. Read more
Published on Mar 13 2002 by RachelWalker

3.0 out of 5 stars A Bit More Puzzling
The mystery in this book was a bit more complex than that in George's first book in this series: the solution was not as apparent. Read more
Published on Oct 25 2001 by BeachReader

5.0 out of 5 stars Theatre, mystery, and love...what more can you ask for
Payment in Blood is one of my favorite Elizabeth George mysteries -- primarily because it involves the theatre world and as someone who has worked in the theatre, I enjoyed seeing... Read more
Published on Jul 3 2001 by Brian Devinney

4.0 out of 5 stars Another fine addition to the mystery genre
I enjoy the Lynley/Havers series very much and found this book very hard to put down. The central mystery involves the death of a Playwright on a Scottish estate and the cast of... Read more
Published on Oct 29 2000 by Phillip Schoppy

4.0 out of 5 stars Significant improvement over 1st book
And the first novel in this series was pretty dang good. The only thing that gave me fits was that there were so many characters that until one was introduced at length, I... Read more
Published on Jul 27 2000 by Christina P. Branson

3.0 out of 5 stars Second Installment in Lynley-Havers Series is Solid
The second installment in Elizabeth George's successful Lynley-Havers mystery series is a solid successor to the first book, A Great Deliverance. Read more
Published on Feb 27 2000 by Jeffrey Davenport

4.0 out of 5 stars A little romance...
This is the second of the George books I've read (and the second she wrote), and I was slightly -- but only slightly -- disappointed. Read more
Published on Feb 24 2000

5.0 out of 5 stars Payment In Blood Is Bloody Well Done!
I am a long-time mystery fan and have been an Elizabeth George fan since I first heard ''In The Presence Of The Enemy''on audio tape, so when I received Payment In Blood, I knew I... Read more
Published on Aug 9 1999

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