Elizabeth George. (2009). A Traitor to Memory. Random House Publishing Group.

Elizabeth George. 2009. A Traitor to Memory. Random House Publishing Group.

Elizabeth George, A Traitor to Memory. Random House Publishing Group, 2009.

Elizabeth George. A Traitor to Memory. Random House Publishing Group, 2009.

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   • bioText: Elizabeth George, a resident of Huntington Beach, California, is the internationally acclaimed author of eleven novels. She is the recipient of the Anthony and the Agatha Awards, as well as Frances' Grand Prix de Litterature Policiere and Germany's MIMI. Two of her novels have been bought by the BBC for development. There are more than seven million copies of her books in U.S. print.
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When Eugenie Davies is killed by a driver on a quiet London street, her death is clearly no accident. Someone struck her with a car and then deliberately ran over her body before driving off, leaving nothing behind but questions.
What brought Eugenie Davies to London on a rainy autumn night? Why was she carrying the name of the man who found her body? Who among the many acquaintances in her complicated and tragic life could have wanted her dead? And could her murder have some connection to a twenty-eight-year-old musical wunderkind, a virtuoso violinist who several months earlier suddenly and inexplicably lost the ability to play a single note?
For Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley, whose own domestic life is about to change radically, these questions are only the first in an investigation that leads him to walk a fine line between personal loyalty and professional honor.
Assigned to the case by his superior, Superintendent Malcolm Webberly, Lynley learns that Webberly's first murder investigation as a DI over twenty years ago involved Eugenie Davies and a sensational criminal trial. Yet what is truly damaging is what Webberly already knows and no doubt wants Lynley to keep concealed.
Now the pressure is on Lynley to find Eugenie Davies' killer. For not only is he putting his own career into jeopardy, but he is also attempting to safeguard the careers of his longtime partners Barbara Havers and Winston Nkata. Together, they must untangle the dark secrets and darker passions of a family whose history conceals the truth behind a horrific crime.

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   • source: Publishers Weekly
   • content: "This can only add to her growing reputation as doyenne of English mystery novelists. ... [S]ome particularly moving moments."
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   • source: USA Today
   • content: "A superbly paced, all-consuming treat.... George has the ability to display and then dissect her characters in a painfully realistic way. If dogged police work is what you demand from mysteries, hit the sidewalk with these complicated British detectives."
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   • source: Kirkus Reviews
   • content: "Wrenching ... George still stands several rungs up the ladder from her more superficial rivals."
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   • content: "Elizabeth George reigns as queen of the mystery genre. The Lynley books constitute the smartest, most gratifyingly complex and impassioned mystery series now being published."
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   • source: The New York Times
   • content: "A master of the British mystery."
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   • content: "Ms. George can do it all, with style to spare."
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   • source: USA Today
   • content: "It's tough to resist George's storytelling, once hooked."
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   • source: Chicago Tribune
   • content: "George is a master.... She upholds the English tradition beautifully."
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   • content: "George explores her characters' dreams and fears with a penetrating grace that makes reading her books a joy."
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    • content: "A fascinating list of subjects ... wrenching stories ... George conveys them all with exceptional grace."
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      Starred review from June 4, 2001
      Classical music, cybersex and vehicular homicide figure prominently in this sprawling epic, the latest in the bestselling Thomas Lynley series that has won George an enviable following on both sides of the Atlantic. This can only add to her growing reputation as doyenne of English mystery novelists. When Eugenie Davies is killed on a London street—struck by a car, then viciously mangled as the driver backs over her—Detective Inspector Lynley investigates. The suspects include J.W. Pichley, aka TongueMan, a cyber-roué with a penchant for older women; Katja Wolff, convicted murderess of Davies's infant daughter; and Major Ted Wiley, a bookstore proprietor in love with Davies. Inevitably, the trail leads to the dead woman's son, Gideon, a former child prodigy on the violin, now a renowned virtuoso suddenly—and inexplicably—unable to play a single note. Lynley and his longtime partners, Barbara Havers and Winston Nkata, unravel the mystery in their inimitable fashion, as the narrative turns backward, ever backward, in search of clues. Although some plot developments are initially confusing due to the book's occasionally non-linear style, the author's handling of narrative is consistently inventive. There are some amusing character sketches (including the skewering of an American Valley Girl to whom classical music is as foreign as Sanskrit) and some particularly moving moments. Faithful readers of George's previous mysteries should find this the most ambitious of the lot. (July 3)Forecast:With the BBC adaptation of the first Lynley case,
      A Great Deliverance, due to premier on U.S. TV this fall, George stands to scale new heights in sales.

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What brought Eugenie Davies to London on a rainy autumn night? Why was she carrying the name of the man who found her body? Who among the many acquaintances in her complicated and tragic life could have wanted her dead? And could her murder have some connection to a twenty-eight-year-old musical wunderkind, a virtuoso violinist who several months earlier suddenly and inexplicably lost the ability to play a single note?
For Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley, whose own domestic life is about to change radically, these questions are only the first in an investigation that leads him to walk a fine line between personal loyalty and professional honor.
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