A Great Deliverance

Agatha Award, 1998

Paperback / ISBN-13: 9781444738261

Price: £9.99

ON SALE: 12th April 2012

Genre: Crime & Mystery / Suspense

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From the bestselling series that inspired BBC’s Lynley, discover how it all began . . .

Roberta Teys is found beside her father’s headless corpse, wearing her best dress and with an axe in her lap.

“I did it. And I am not sorry.” She refuses to say more.

Inspector Thomas Lynley and DS Barbara Havers are sent by Scotland Yard to investigate.

But as they navigate their way around a dark labyrinth of secret scandals and appalling crimes, they uncover a series of shocking revelations that shatter the façade of the peaceful Yorkshire village.

Praise for A Great Deliverance:

‘Ambitious and exotic . . . The climax is startling and disturbing . . . An exciting debut’
The Times

‘An awesome first-fiction venture that immediately thrusts the author into P.D. James’ dark orbit’
Kirkus

‘With a lyric sense of language and a cinematic eye for detail, George has constructed a truly fascinating story’
Chicago Sun-Times

Reviews

(TV series) 'suspense aplenty . . . in this above-average whodunit.'
<i>Weekend Mail </i>
Excellent . . . An exciting debut
<i>The Times </i>
A dauntingly clever chiller
<i>Sunday Times </i>
Presses all the buttons to make us hoover her stuff up
Daily Telegraph
PRAISE FOR ELIZABETH GEORGE
A master of the English mystery
New York Times
Elizabeth George reigns as queen of the mystery genre. The Lynley books constitute the smartest, most gratifyingly complex and impassioned mystery series now being published
Entertainment Weekly
George is a master . . . She upholds the English tradition beautifully
Chicago Tribune
A fascinating list of subjects . . . Wrenching stories . . . George conveys them all with exceptional grace
People
It's tough to resist George's storytelling, once hooked
USA Today