Payment in Blood

This is a re-read. I read all of her Inspector Lynley Sgt Havers, St. James books yrs ago, and loved them then, so I'm re-reading the entire series, as I have a horrible memory and can't remember any of them. These are your basic solve murder mystery books, set in modern England, solved by Scotland Yard. But behind the mysteries, it's the fact that each book you get to know the main characters and follow their story as well that keeps me reading these books

This is one of a series of novels about Elizabeth George's creation Inspector Lynley and his sidekick Sergeant Havers. These two characters are a chalk-and-cheese coupling. The aristocrat Thomas Lynley is steeped in tradition but fighting his destiny, wanting more meaning to his life. The council-ho......more

UPDATE 2/13/18 ... marvelous even on re-reading ... the murders were complicated and the tension maintained throughout ... but the essence of the story is the way those murders impact EG's continuing characters, and the relationships between those characters ... Barbara Havers (my favorite) plays a......more

Good Lord, could a story be any more confusing? • Do all of the characters have to be having affairs with each other (either in this book, or as part of their back stories)? • Do in-laws really have sex with each other as much as they do in this novel? • Do most of these characters have to have 3 or......more

3 stars. I like this book better than the first one, but I still find the writing a bit stuffy, and there was too much personal conflict between the characters for my taste. I would've preferred more focus on the murder mystery itself.......more

The problem with these books is that it is hard to keep track of all the characters, especially in audio. But I find them well written and enjoyable.......more