Lynley Novel: Careless in Red: An Inspector Lynley Novel (Paperback)

from MichaelDeavers

A Real Page Turner. I have read just about everything Elizabeth George has written, and overall I have found her novels a terrific read and Careless in Red was no exception. I thought this book in the Detective Lynley series was a real page turner in her latest Detective Lynley series. And the re...

from stonelaura

In this new Thomas Lynley mystery we find Thomas unkempt, unshaven, and carrying no identification, wandering the cliffs of Cornwall just weeks after the murder of his pregnant wife Helen. One needn't have read any other Inspector Lynley mystery to empathize with the pain and loss that has driven...

from majkia

Lynley, still recovering, is hiking when he runs into the body of a boy who's fallen from a cliff while climbing. Things, as usual, aren't what they seem. Lots of characters to care about and suspect, and Lynley, broken as he is, struggling to deal with it all

from bezoar44

This long, rich mystery does several things, all well. First, although deep into the Inspector Thomas Lynley series, it opens shortly after the detective suffers a horrific and wrenching loss that in some sense serves as a reboot for the character. This is the first novel I've read by Elizabeth G...

from joannalongbourne

After Lady Helen's brutal murder in With No One as Witness (2007), Elizabeth George seemed to be hinting that she had reached the end of the road with the Inspector Lynley series. Careless in Red picks up several weeks after Helen's death. Lynley is barely alive himself as grief for his dead wife...