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Payment in Blood (Thorndike Press Large Print Famous Authors Series) by Elizabeth George, Elizabeth George is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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The career of playwright Joy Sinclair comes to an abrupt end on an isolated estate in the Scottish Highlands when someone drives and eighteen-inch dirk through her neck. Called upon to investigate the case in a country where they have virtually no authority, aristocratic Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley and his partner, Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers, grapple for both a motive and a murderer. Emotions run deep in this highly charged drama, for the list of suspects soon includes Britain's foremost actress, its most successful theatrical producer, and the woman Lynley loves. He and Havers must tread carefully through the complicated terrain of human relationships, while they work to solve a case rooted in the darkest corners of the past and the unexplored regions of the human heart. From the Paperback edition. From Publishers Weekly Placing her own stamp on the traditions of Dorothy Sayers and P. D. James, George ( A Great Deliverance ) supports her vividly characterized story of murder and espionage with elements of theatrical life, British class-consciousness and love gone awry. Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley, eighth Earl of Asherton, is sent to Scotland to investigate the

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Author
Elizabeth George, Elizabeth George
Publisher
Bantam Books
Published
1989
Language
EN
ISBN
9781408429839
Category
work of fiction
Subjects
Fiction, True Crime, Literary Fiction
Rating
4.4 / 5 (5,129 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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