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A Suitable Vengeance [Audiobook] (Audio Cassette)

by Elizabeth George (Author)

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Audio Cassette
Publisher: Hodder Audio (Dec 4 1997)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1859988695
ISBN-13: 978-1859988695
Product Dimensions: 13.4 x 10.6 x 1.8 cm
Shipping Weight: 118 g

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At the heart of George's ( Payment in Blood ) darkly vibrant modern English mystery lie love, requited and not; and injuries of the kind that only intimates--parents, siblings, lovers, close friends--or perhaps one's own treacherous ego can inflict. Thomas Lynley, eighth earl of Asherton and a detective inspector of New Scotland Yard, brings his fiancee Deborah Cotton to Cornwall to meet his widowed mother. Accompanying them are Lynley's best friend, forensic scientist Simon St. James; St. James's sister Sidney; her boyfriend Justin Brooke; Lady Helen Clyde, St. James's partner and former lover; and Deborah's father, St. James's valet. Unexpected events of the weekend include a violent fight between Sidney and Justin, the appearance of Lynley's cocaine-addicted brother, the brutal murder of the village newspaper editor, and Justin's death on the cliffs. Lynley and St. James attempt to trace motives and alibis among guests and villagers while each is deeply enmeshed in personal pain: Lynley's over his estrangement from his mother since his father's death many years before, and St. James's over his unspoken--and, he believes, unspeakable--love for Deborah. The resolution of the accumulating murders involves different kinds of illegal drugs and centers around the activities of a young London woman whose true identity surprises everyone. Even more intricate than George's deftly handled plot, however, are the paths etched by her anguished, memorable characters, as they struggle with the secrets of their hearts.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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YA-- A beautifully written novel that will hold YAs' attention. The family home of Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley, Eighth Earl of Ashenton, becomes a hotbed of suspicion instead of the scene of a lovely engagement party when a murder in a nearby village brings buried feelings to the surface. For those who demand more of their murder mysteries than a slam-bang whodunit, George provides deeply drawn characters along with page-turning excitement. The principals take readers into their innermost feelings even as they themselves are denying those feelings, and the story's complexities are just as intricate as the characters themselves. Family ties, love connections, friendships, denial, goodness and greed, humility and arrogance, drugs, and even transvestite action all weave their way through the plot and through the murders. Competent readers should have no trouble with the Briticisms or sometimes difficult style. The excellent descriptive writing and fascinating twists make A Suitable Vengeance well worth the extra effort expended.
- Bunni Union, Young Adult Services, Geauga West Library, OH
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Should have been a short story, Nov 21 2007

By	Toni Osborne "The Way I See It" (Montreal, Canada) - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER)

This review is from: A Suitable Vengeance (Paperback)

The story is very complex, one that explains the background of several characters of this Inspector Lynley mystery series .After reading the 3 first books I had trouble with the sequences of events regarding the characters things seem to be out of synch. I was trying to remember what happened to them previously and I found it conflicted with the way they are presented now. The plot in my view is a bit flat, it starts out interesting enough but it drags on and on. The characters are self -absorbed, full of themselves compared to the previous books making it hard to relate to them. I agree with others who suggest it would have made a wonderful short story.

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4.0 out of 5 stars To the Manor Born, Dec 6 2008

By	Professor Donald Mitchell "Jesus Makes Me a P... (Boston) - See all my reviews (#1 REVIEWER)

This review is from: A Suitable Vengeance (Paperback)

A Suitable Vengeance is a back story for the Lynley-Havers series that enriches the following books in the series by exposing the nature of Lynley's upbringing and his relationships with his family, his friend Simon Allcourt-St. James and the two beguiling women who intrigue him, Deborah Cotter and Lady Helen Clyde. In providing much rich perspective, this is clearly a five-star effort.

Ms. George also feels the need to put in a murder mystery. But that part of the book is a lower priority and shuffles off in the background while chests and bosoms heave in the drawing room. The mystery has more than it's share of red herrings and will keep you truly puzzled by what in the world is going on in several places (especially the opening). As I read the mystery, I often felt like I could have described myself as "Clueless in Gaza."

Lynley is engaged to be married to Deborah Cotter, the daughter of Simon's gentleman's gentleman. Simon has always been attracted to her as well, but has kept his distance. Deborah has been away in the United States for several years which is where her romance with Lynley bloomed during brief visits by Lynley. Lynley plans to bring Deborah and her father and old friends, Simon and Lady Helen, to a weekend party to meet his mother at the family's country estate in Cornwall. The backdrop is tense. Lynley doesn't like to play his role as lord of the manor and he seems to want to avoid his mother. What a way to start a marriage!

Circumstances soon impinge on the weekend plans when a local man is found dead in his home while his tiny baby cries on. Lynley is completely undone by having people he knows be part of a homicide, and he acts with uncharacteristic negligence like a normal citizen rather than a DI. The new circumstances prove to be revealing about the relationships of all and sundry to one another, and many tempests are soon revealed. As they do, the mystery grows ever deeper and murkier.

Like many English country murder mysteries, this one strains credibility by turning the normally tranquil countryside into a hotbed of schemes and murder. The logic doesn't often make much sense, and the mystery seems far-fetched. I was tempted to rate the book as 3 stars . . . but I liked the character development of the on-going characters in the series too much to do that. The tiny cameo role for Havers was a disappointment, though.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Another winner from the pen of Elizabeth George!, Jun 24 2003

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This review is from: A Suitable Vengeance (Paperback)

This is exactly the sort of story that keeps me coming back to read more of George's "mysteries." Since her first novel in the series, A Great Deliverance, I have been fascinated by the story of Deborah and Simon St. James. Previous books have given glimpses into their past, but never told the whole story until now. Ms. George weaves her murder mysteries skillfully and the perpetrator is often a surprise, but it is her ability to combine the personal stories of her main characters with her mysteries that makes her books so engaging. If you like cut and dried murder mysteries, you won't find one here. But if you like a bit of romance, angst, and some family troubles thrown in with your mystery novels, Elizabeth George won't disappoint!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Thomas,Simon,&Deborah:what IS their past? GREAT mystery too.
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Published on Sep 7 2002 by lynkfri13

5.0 out of 5 stars Ms. George is a Master!
I absolutely love Elizabeth George's writing and her characters. This book was interesting because it told us about the earlier life of Lynley, St. James, Lady Helen and Deb. Read more

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