![]() ![]() ![]() Ms George packs her mystery too full of stock background-haunted manors and ripper murders-and overbroad characters-amusingly enough, it's the American tourists who are the worst caricatures-but a first-time novelist can always be excused for trying too hard to please after all, they may never get another chance. The films are diverting enough, but this first novel goes a long way to filling in just why Havers is so insecure, self-loathing, and difficult for even the eminently understanding Lynley to work with, a theme the series relies on heavily. That's how I was introduced to her Inspector Thomas Lynley ( Nathaniel Parker), who's also the eighth Earl of Asherton, and his bitter working-class sidekick, Barbara Havers ( Sharon Small). She's even received the ultimate imprimatur, having the BBC turn her books into a tv series. ![]() Elizabeth George is perhaps best known for being a Californian from Ohio who somehow writes pitch-perfect British police procedurals. ![]()
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