false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168276122m/31374.jpg 31374 35 To this day, the low, thin wail of an infant can be heard in Keldale's lush green valleys. Three hundred years ago, as legend goes, the frightened Yorkshire villagers smothered a crying babe in Keldale Abbey, where they'd hidden to escape the ravages of Cromwell's raiders.<br><br>Now into Keldale's pastoral web of old houses and older secrets comes Scotland Yard Inspector Thomas Lynley, the eighth earl of Asherton. Along with the redoubtable Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers, Lynley has been sent to solve a savage murder that has stunned the peaceful countryside. For fat, unlovely Roberta Teys has been found in her best dress, an axe in her lap, seated in the old stone barn beside her father's headless corpse. Her first and last words were "I did it. And I'm not sorry."<br><br>Yet as Lynley and Havers wind their way through Keldale's dark labyrinth of secret scandals and appalling crimes, they uncover a shattering series of revelations that will reverberate through this tranquil English valley&#8212;and in their own lives as well. 1567538 book 1988 A Great Deliverance (Inspector Lynley, Book 1) total:1731|5:455|4:780|3:437|2:49|1:10| 1731 6814 2223 189 3 2 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jan 10 10:50:05 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 10 10:50:05 -0800 2008
If I were a P.D. James devoted fan, however, I think this would be required, classic reading. ]]> 3 1 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Feb 20 09:10:40 -0800 2009 Sat May 02 20:18:15 -0700 2009 Lynley and Havers are fascinating characters, complex and marvelously well-drawn (except for one somewhat gratuitious Lynley interlude). I love the way Havers is allowed to express her resentment and how her inbred distrust and dislike of nobility is thwarted by Lyn...more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Apr 08 09:49:32 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 08 09:49:32 -0700 2008
For a treat and a journey that only your willingness NOT to read reviews can preserve, begin here at the beginning. The arc of personal story that runs behind the cri...more...]]> 4 2 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Mar 30 00:32:54 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 30 00:48:27 -0700 2008
I was surprised to learn, after finishing this book, that the author is American. I have read a great deal of British Mysteries, and I have to say ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Oct 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 13:25:23 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 13:41:36 -0700 2009
Barbara Havers discussed: "Don't be a bloody fool. Don't be worse than that -- don't be a sentimental fool. Barbara Havers proved her...more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat May 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 11:10:13 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 11:14:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun May 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 20:02:39 -0700 2009 Sun May 31 15:06:36 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 17:28:22 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 17:34:28 -0700 2009 ...more...]]> 0 1 false false Sat Sep 29 18:47:27 -0700 2007 Thu Nov 15 23:37:02 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun May 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 30 14:36:29 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 10:43:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 1 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 07 12:11:06 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 07 12:12:49 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Feb 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 08:51:23 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 09:03:28 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jun 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 30 19:57:37 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 05 18:41:51 -0700 2009
What a change from Twistor!

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