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Just One Evil Act

A Page-Turning Mystery Featuring Thomas Lynley, now appearing on BBC1 and iPlayer
By Elizabeth George
Series: Inspector Lynley
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In Just One Evil Act, Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers is devastated when her close friend's daughter, Hadiyyah Upman, disappears in London. Although the child was with her mother, limiting immediate action, the case takes a darker turn five months later when Hadiyyah is kidnapped in an Italian market. The kidnapping triggers a high-profile investigation involving racial tensions, language barriers, and media scrutiny, as DI Thomas Lynley is tasked to lead the sensitive case amid intense pressure from Italian authorities.
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This thrilling crime novel is suited to readers who enjoy complex mysteries with nuanced characters and contemporary social themes. Fans of psychological depth in crime fiction and British detective stories will find this especially compelling.

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Barbara Havers puts her career on the line while DI Thomas Lynley attempts to straighten her out before it's too late.

Barbara Havers puts her career on the line while DI Thomas Lynley attempts to straighten her out before it's too late.

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When Hadiyyah Upman disappears from London in the company of her mother, Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers is as devastated as the girl's father. They are her close friends as well as her neighbours; but since the child is with her mother, nothing can be done.

Five months later, Hadiyyah is kidnapped from an open-air market in Lucca, Italy, and this triggers an investigation as well as attracting the full glare of the media spotlight. Barbara's clever manipulation of the worst of London's tabloids forces New Scotland Yard to become involved.

But rather than Barbara herself taking charge of Hadiyyah's case, her superior officer DI Thomas Lynley is assigned to handle a situation made delicate by racial issues, language difficulties, and the determination of an Italian magistrate to arrest and convict someone - anyone - for the crime.

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The Times praises it as a "first-class, page-turning read." The Wall Street Journal highlights the book's "old-school aptitude for twist-riddled plots combined with modern psychological insights, ethical agonising, realistic violence and sardonic humour." The Boston Globe applauds the character depth, calling Lynley "one of the great character portraits in contemporary crime fiction."

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ISBN: 9781444706024

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 10 April 2014

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Hodder Paperback

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 48.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 568g

Pages: 720

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Crime & Thriller Elizabeth George Fiction General Fiction Series: Inspector Lynley

About the Author

Elizabeth George is the author of highly acclaimed novels of psychological suspense. Her first novel, A Great Deliverance, was honoured with the Anthony and Agatha Best First Novel awards in America and received the Grand Prix de Litt rature Polici re in France; Well-Schooled in Murder was awarded the prestigious German prize for international mystery fiction, the MIMI '1990'. Her novels have been adapted for television by the BBC as the Inspector Lynley Mysteries. An Edgar and Macavity Nominee as well as an international bestselling author, Elizabeth George lives in Whidbey Island in the state of Washington.

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