What Came Before He Shot Her (Paperback) by Elizabeth George

from JanetinLondon

This is a story about three siblings - Ness, Joel and Toby, who have had a difficult start to their lives. Their mother is in a mental institution and their father was killed in front of their eyes when he got caught in the cross fire of a gang battle. It is also the story of the various people w...

from alice443

When I began this book -- despite the title -- I really did not understand what I was reading, gradually it dawned on me. I was reading the back story to the death of Helen Lynley. It isn't a mystery or a detective story it is a psychological sociological tale of horror. The story is unremittingl...

from alice443

When I began this book -- despite the title -- I really did not understand what I was reading, gradually it dawned on me. I was reading the back story to the death of Helen Lynley. It isn't a mystery or a detective story it is a psychological sociological tale of horror. The story is unremittingl...

from hobbitprincess

This is the second time I've read this novel, and I'm puzzled as to why I gave it 3 stars instead of 2. I will downgrade it this time. This is the 15th in the Inspector Lynley novels, and it is by far my least favorite. There is very little mystery here and only the briefest of mentions of the ch...

from aajay

Heartbreaking depiction of the hopeless and hapless lives of the underclass in today's Britain (not that it would be all that different in most of big cities of the world). A far cry from the bucolic world of Angela Thirkall, my favorite escape author. One would have to have a heart of stone not ...