She is also the author of a young adult series set on the island where she lives in the state of Washington.Ī longtime instructor of creative writing, she has taught at colleges, universities, writers’ retreats, and conferences internationally. Her crime novels have been translated into 30 languages and featured on television by the BBC. Intense, suspenseful and brilliantly written, Playing for the Ashes will make readers “search out the sleuthing pair’s first six adventures…a treasure,” as Cosmopolitan predicted in their review.Įlizabeth George is the New York Times and internationally best selling author of twenty British crime novels featuring Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley and his unconventional partner Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers. Playing for the Ashes is a rich tale of passion, murder and love in which Inspector Thomas Lynley and Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers once again find themselves embroiled in a case where nothing-and no one-is really what it seems.
In her astonishing New York Times bestseller, acclaimed author Elizabeth George reveals the even darker truth behind this startling confession. It was not my first crime, as you will see, but it is the one my mother couldn’t forgive.” “The story begins with my father, actually, and the fact that I’m the one who’s answerable for his death. Keep watching my blog for more book reviews! Book Blurb:
So, basically, anyone can be a murderer, when it comes to that! What do you think, my dear reader? Can you be a murderer? Hmm, I can be, for all you know…Shhhh……. Though the name was a bit misleading for I kept on thinking round and round about the reason for murder being cricket, but no, it is the character sketch and circumstances of a person who can murder. Such a thick book and so many characters with each of them having one reason or the other to lie, but it is Elizabeth George‘s writing which could pull it all together with such clarity of words (okay fine, the thoughts of Olivia Whitelaw could have been given a break). James, Lady Helen and Deborah, this one is all about murder – its background, character sketch of victim and potential murderers, and of course Inspector Lynley and Sergeant Havers (both of them truly rock in this book, what a partnership, wow), and because of that, this book Playing for the Ashes is part of my topmost list of Elizabeth’s books.
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