- Fiction, Barbara Havers (Fictitious character), Police, Thomas Lynley (Fictitious character)
It was meant to be a festive engagement weekend. But, when Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley and his fiancée, Deborah Cotter, arrive at Howenstow, Lynley's family home, they find the atmosphere rife with tension.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and contemporary.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
- warmbleak
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About the book
- Author
- Elizabeth George
- First published
- 1991
- Pages
- 447
- Publisher
- Goldmann, Magna, Random House Publishing Group
- Editions
- 9
- Language
- German, und, English
- ISBN
- 9780553295603
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