What Came Before He Shot Her
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780060545628 (0060545623)
Publish date: October 17th 2006
Publisher: Harper
Pages no: 560
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
American,
Mystery,
Detective,
Contemporary,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Crime,
Suspense
Series: Inspector Lynley (#14)
I tried to read this, but despite being billed as part of the Inspector Lynley series, this isn't really about the characters and story arc of Lynley. It's only tangentially related, and is depressing as hell. Of course, the exploration of the social reasons that a young boy turns to crime is an imp...
I may have to mark this one "will not finish" rather than "on hold." Can we say "false advertising"? The dust jacket implies that this book is part of the Inspector Lynley series, and I suppose it is, in a very peripheral way, but about a third of the way into it, having had nary a mention of any ...
Far too turgid for me. I made it through 8.5 pages, then gave up.I actually read one of her books all the way through some years ago. I forgot. Just not my style.
Alas, my least favourite Inspector Lynley novel. I tried to like this one but was so very unhappy by the end. Only somewhat recommended.
Hands down, I think this was Elizabeth George's worst book! It is basically a "profile" of the person who had killed Lynley's wife. It was just bad and boring! I am an EG fan so I forced myself to read it to have a better understanding of Inspector Lynley and ended up not even getting that out of th...
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