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Something to Hide

A Page-Turning Mystery Featuring Thomas Lynley, now appearing on BBC1 and iPlayer

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A hugely complex and entertaining novel - Star Pick*, The Times Crime Club<br><br>Elizabeth George delivers another intelligent, intricate mystery - New York Times<br><br>Superlative . . . This is a memorable addition to [the Inspector Lynley] series - Publishers Weekly (starred, boxed review)<br><br>--<br><br>When Tani hears his domineering father is negotiating for him to marry a girl in Nigeria, he is determined to defy him. But can he protect his little sister from something much worse?<br><br>DS Lynley, meanwhile, is investigating the death of a fellow police officer with DSs Barbara Havers and Winston Nkata. The mystery will lead them to the detective's family and relationships, the complex layers of love, ambition, lies and self-deception by those closest to her. <br><br>It will also lead them to the cases she was investigating for the special task force where she worked. Within North London's Nigerian community, Lynley encounters a world that is far from his experience, and a shockingly controversial cultural practice, which not everyone involved considers to be a crime. <br><br>Told across a stifling London summer, from housing estates to Hampstead squares, street markets to Chelsea townhouses, Something to Hide will constantly wrongfoot the reader's expectations in a powerful drama of murder, betrayal, heartwrenching suspense and - even in the darkest places - hope.<br><br>--<br><br>More praise for Something to Hide<br><br>'"Abso-bloody-lutely" good! That would be DS Barbara Havers's verdict on this one . . . An unsettling and thoroughly involving narrative'<br>Booklist<br><br>'A skilfully spun yarn of murder and mayhem'<br>Kirkus Reviews<br><br>'It feels like meeting old friends and that you're solving the crime together'<br>Belfast Telegraph<br><br>'A superbly written, complex but challenging read'<br>Peterborough Telegraph<br><br>'A well-plotted, fast-paced mystery'<br>Women's Weekly<br><br>'Expert pacing, plotting and the creation of psychologically co

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EAN
9781529346541
Sprache
Englisch
Einband / Art
Buch
Maße
68 x 168 x 236 mm
Erscheinungsjahr
2022
Verlag / Hersteller
Hodder & Stoughton

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