A SUITABLE VENGANCE by Elizabeth George

FROM THE PUBLISHER:

Award-winning author Elizabeth George gives us an early glimpse into the lives of Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley, forensic scientist Simon Alcourt-St. James, and Lady Helen Clyde in a superlative mystery that is also a fascinating inquiry into the crimes of the heart. Lynley, the eighth earl of Asherton, has brought to Howenstow, his family home, the young woman he has asked to be his bride. But the savage murder of a local journalist is a catalyst for a lethal series of events that shatters the calm of a picturesque Cornwall village and embroils Lynley and St. James in a case far outside their jurisdiction - and a little too close to home. When a second death follows closely on the heels of the first, Lynley finds he can't help taking the investigation personally - because the evidence points to a killer within his own family.

RATING:

This was George's fourth book in the Lynley series and is a prequel of sorts as it's story tells of an earlier period before Lynley was paired with Barbara Havers (who pops up in a cameo role) and at a time when he was involved with Deborah Cotter and not Helen Clyde. While at times I felt this outing was a bit more romance novel oriented, George still does not disappoint with the mystery elements filled with so many twists and turns and surprises that you anxiously keep turning the page to read more.