Welcome to Litsy!

A clergyman accused of pedophilia dies while in police custody. But there are questions. Havers arrives with Ardrey but the investigation goes nowhere. Then Lynley gets involved and he and Havers do the investigation up right.

I do love how personal George gets. Not only with the main characters but with even minor characters involved in the story. As usual, everyone is affected and grows accordingly.

#Roll100 @PuddleJumper

Interesting mix for February!

@PuddleJumper

#Roll100

I did not know Elizabeth George was of one of my favorite places, Whidbey Island. ❤️ Ok, I HATE the title, but as you read, you will understand how appropriate it is. A Ludlow Deacon is taken in for questioning under scandalous charges and commits suicide while left alone. Or did he? It‘s a long book as Havers & Lynley search out evidence re the death & charges.

“She charged up the aisle. She leapt onto the stage with such momentum she lost her balance. She fell and slid in Dorothea‘s direction, ending up at Dorothea‘s feet. And just as Lynley had instructed her to do, she made even that look like part of the show.”

He and Ardery were eyeball to eyeball. What ran between them would have kept a refrigerator operational for at least a month.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ for this title in the Inspector Lynley series which should in this case be called the DS Barbara Havers series. This is a dense, satisfying mystery, made particularly diverting in the audio version read by Simon Vance. (This kitty of course deserves no punishment at all 😻.)

#WhatWouldYouDo
1. Tagged
2. Back to the start. I wait a long time for her books!
3. Several books ago in this series the author killed off one of my favorite characters. I‘d definitely undo that!
4. @Rissreads @CoffeeNBooks @Reecaspieces

1. Mysteries/Thrillers
2. Stephen King
3. Lonesome Dove
4. Never is a big word. I don‘t think there‘s a genre that I never read. I don‘t read a lot of nonfiction though.
5. Tagged
#HelloThursday

Storm outside. NCAA basketball. Litsy. Hot tea. My book. A dog in my lap.

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Love Linley and Havers.

Day 17 of #31bookpics - #audiobooks! I couldn‘t read as prolifically as I do without audiobooks! I‘m almost always listening to *something*! I‘ve read 77 books on audio so far in 2018. Here are the 16 most recent!

The latest Lynley-Havers mystery may be one of the best. Lots of subplots and a fair number of characters, but not to the point that it made the story hard to follow. 4/5⭐️

I got through the line quickly at the post office, so my #fallingforfallswap package is on its way! I‘m running ahead of schedule, which allows some time for coffee and reading before my hair appointment.

When Elizabeth George is on her game, it‘s usually pretty close to the end until I can figure out whodunnit. I‘m on page 465 and haven‘t a clue😂

It could not possibly be a more dreary day, as a tropical wave is crossing South Florida and bringing lots of rain with it. Only thing to do is to curl up with a good book. Aw, isn‘t that tough?😎

Picked this up at the library the other day. I love these characters, so it‘s a perfect read for a long weekend that‘s predicted to be rainy.

Sergeant Havers and DCS Ardery are paired to conduct a follow-up investigation of an investigation into a death in custody. When Lynley and Havers return to conduct a third investigation, they discover sexual harassment, rape and murder, all linked to obsessively helicoptering parents. A complicated story, but one of her best.

Trigger warning: Ardery‘s alcoholism a central story line.

#elizabethgeorge
#alcoholism

I love the world of Lynley and Havers. This book was a great continuation of the series. A bit slow to get into but the story was engrossing. At times Lynley and Havers feel like old friends and it was nice to visit their world for a time.

All set to spend some time with Tommy and Havers 🤓🎉

Finally! The sun is shining and it's nice enough to sit outside for patio reading!

#GetMovin #day10 #SomethingLikeThis If you‘re a fan of Elizabeth George‘s Inspector Lynley series, I highly recommend Peter Robinson‘s DCI Banks series. Both have been going for a long time(over 20 books in each)both are British crime novels(Banks in Yorkshire, Lynley is Scotland Yard)& both are highly readable. I‘d recommend starting at the beginning for both though, the story arcs for both really need to be read chronologically. So get reading!

There‘s something to be said for a series. Book 20 in the #inspectorlynley series solidifies all that I love in these books: watching Lynsey and Barbara Havers grow and regress and change has made me love them so much. And the fact that it‘s a platonic relationship makes this great mystery series just that little bit different.

Alright Elizabeth....let's do this! She never lets me down and I so need her right now!

Really enjoyed this. Lynley and Havers back to their best. Loved that it was set in Shropshire, including several towns / locations that we visited on our UK trip.

Who wants to weigh in on which woman the title refers to? Ardrey? Havers? Missa Lomax? Ding/Dena Donaldson? Clover Freeman? All of the above?

Excellent entry in the series. I hated the last scene between Havers & Lyndley, however.

#womenauthors

Thomas Lynley mystery #20 and probably my favorite from the last few. All are chunksters and at 667 pages this is no exception. George is a master of interweaving many character studies while never losing the overall plot. This one involves an apparent suicide in custody of a deacon accused of pedophilia. Havers is back and trying to toe the line (failing as usual) Lynley has his everpresent love life and Ardrey‘s drinking is worse. 4⭐️

In February, both of my sweet old cats died within a week‘s time. March got better. Then April started with this guy tearing his knee (think ACL, humans) - he did the same thing in early 2017 to the *other* knee - and as a result I‘m taking my first “vacation” in like ten years so I can be with him as he recovers from last week‘s surgery. We are both kind of miserable and very tired. I am so grateful for this Lynley book! Long and marvelous. 👍🐾

I enjoyed both of these immensely. This is the 20th in Elizabeth George‘s Lynley series, and I agree with others that it felt like she went back to the original recipe I‘ve enjoyed in the past. This was only my second Kristin Hannah (after The Nightingale of course) and she‘s become a favorite author of mine as well. I‘m looking forward to working my way through her back catalogue.

If you‘re one who stopped following #ElizabethGeorge‘s Lynely series because of disappointments a few books back, it‘s time to start reading again. She‘s back in top form, and this one features my favorite Barbara Havers, with lots of interaction with Lynely too. Fortunately, no whiney Deborah. It‘s long, but worth it.

March 2018
Had a kind of slow reading month, but read some great books.

Fun book nerd night! I got to meet Elizabeth George and have her sign a copy of her latest book, the 20th in her Lynley series. She was warm and funny and smart and most decidedly not British despite my assumption to the contrary.

Elizabeth George is one of the few crime writers I‘ve read who has yet to write an uninteresting novel. Every book I own written by her has enthralled me,her characters are well written, her research is impeccable & every plot is believable, so even though they‘re all chunksters you stay in that books world because you care. That‘s the mark of a great writer. DS Havers is forced to accompany DCS Ardery to Ludlow to investigate a death in custody.

More #bookmail! 😁 It feels like Christmas this week. This book is 690 pages. 😨

#goodreadsgiveaway
#Goodreads

Made sure to buy this one today! New Elizabeth George!! And We Were The Lucky Ones was sitting there all pretty in paperback so I had to buy that too. 😊

It‘s 4.30am here in Sydney so it‘s my birthday! Kicking off with a few chapters of the brand new Inspector Lynley novel by Elizabeth George, released yesterday & given to me by my baby girl @Ciara_Rosey as my present. Probably get to bed soon before I pass out with a book on my face, she writes really heavy chunksters that could cause some damage.

Halfway through book and it‘s very good. Still keeping my interest and characters that I thought wouldn‘t connect together have. Can‘t wait to see how this all plays out.

Reading the advanced ebook copy from Goodreads and I‘m really enjoying it.

One of the best in the series.

Always so happy to read a new book featuring Lynley and Havers. Thank you, Ms. George!