The latest gripping Inspector Lynley mystery from the No. 1 international bestselling author. The brand-new Lynley TV series is on iPlayer now.

Amid the beauty of Cornwall’s coastline, the death of a local man shatters the peace with its violence . . .

The body of Michael Lobb is discovered in his family’s tin and pewter workshop, and as Detective Inspector Beatrice Hannaford investigates, it emerges that Lobb was the only remaining obstacle preventing the purchase of local land by a mining company.

The complexity of the case only increases as Lobb’s family life, rife with mistrust and deception, comes to light. The tangled web of intrigue soon draws in Bea’s colleagues, Thomas Lynley and Barbara Havers, who must search for a killer in a community that has very little trust in outsiders . . .

‘An essential writer of popular fiction today’ – Washington Post

‘A superstar of the crime-fiction world’ – Seattle Times

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‘She writes extremely well, plots brilliantly and reaches an emotional level deeper than most’ – The Times

‘She's a designer of fastidious mosaics that never fail to intrigue’ – The Guardian

‘Elizabeth George delivers another intelligent, intricate mystery’ – The New York Times

‘Presses all the buttons to make us hoover her stuff up’ – The Daily Telegraph

‘It feels like meeting old friends and that you're almost solving the crime together’ – Belfast Telegraph

‘Rich with descriptive detail and emotional nuance. Several alternating plot threads unspool at length, all of which weave tightly together with pleasing inevitability’ – Wall Street Journal

She writes extremely well, plots brilliantly and reaches an emotional level deeper than most * The Times *
She's a designer of fastidious mosaics that never fail to intrigue * The Guardian *
Elizabeth George delivers another intelligent, intricate mystery * The New York Times *
An essential writer of popular fiction today * The Washington Post *
A superstar of the crime-fiction world * The Seattle Times *
The best plotter in the mystery game, [her] elegant literate flow puts many Brits to shame * Time Out *

Elizabeth George is the No. 1 The Times, New York Times and Der Spiegel bestselling author of more than twenty British crime novels featuring Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley. Her novels have been translated into thirty languages and featured on television by the BBC. She has twice been nominated for the Edgar Award and is the recipient of the Anthony Award, the Agatha Award, France’s Grand Prix de Littérature Policière, and Germany’s MIMI.