A Place of Hiding, Elizabeth George
A Place of Hiding, Elizabeth George
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A Place of Hiding

Author: Elizabeth George

Narrator: Simon Jones

Abridged: 5 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/29/2003


Synopsis

An isolated beach on the island of Guernsey in the English Channel is the scene of the murder of Guy Brouard, one of Guernsey’s wealthiest inhabitants and its main benefactor. Forced as a child to flee the Nazis in Paris, Brouard was engaged in his latest project when he died: a museum in honor of those who resisted the German occupation of the island during World War II.

It is from this period of time that his murderer may well have come. But there are others on Guernsey with reason to want Guy Brouard dead: his wives, his business associates, his current mistress, the underprivileged teenagers he mentored—any of whom might have harbored a secret motive for murder. As family and friends gather for the reading of the will, Deborah and Simon St. James find that seemingly everyone on the history-haunted island has something to hide. And behind all the lies and alibis, a killer is lurking. In order to bring this person to justice, the St. James must delve into Guernsey’s dark history—both past and present—and into the troubled psyche of someone who may have exacted retribution for the most unspeakable crime of all.

In A Place of Hiding, bestselling novelist Elizabeth George marks new territory in the darker landscapes of human relationships. She tells a gripping, suspenseful story of betrayal and devotion, war and remembrance, love and loss...and the higher truths to which we must all ultimately answer.

About The Author

Elizabeth George’s first novel, A Great Deliverance, was honored with the Anthony and Agatha Best First Novel Awards and received the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière. Her third novel, Well-Schooled in Murder, was awarded the prestigious German prize for suspense fiction, the MIMI. A Suitable Vengeance, For the Sake of Elena, Missing Joseph, Playing for the Ashes, In the Presence of the Enemy, Deception on His Mind, In Pursuit of the Proper Sinner, A Traitor to Memory, and I, Richard were international bestsellers. Elizabeth George divides her time between Huntington Beach, California, and London. Her novels are currently being dramatized by the BBC.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jeffrey on March 25, 2011

In order to read a George novel you have to clear the deck. Her dense prose and rich characters mean you need a supreme effort to gear up for each book, and then she spins a tale in which gradually each suspect is shown not to be the killer, while at the same time showing that each was hiding somet......more

Goodreads review by Natalie on October 31, 2019

I hate Deborah so much. She is horrible and ruined this book for me. I swear Elizabeth George sets out to make me hate a different main character every book. This time it’s Deborah, seriously, she’s the worst.......more

Goodreads review by aPriL does feral sometimes on January 09, 2016

Simon St. James is a bit anxious about his wife, Deborah. Deborah is extremely upset. Her old friend, China River, is in trouble and being held by the police on the Island of Guernsey in the English Channel. Now, Cherokee River, her brother, is in London suddenly in their home pleading with Deborah......more