'The whodunit aspects are handled with the greatest skill' Marcel Berlins, The Times
Balford-le-Nez is a dying seatown on the coast of Essex.
But when a member of the town's small but growing Asian community is found dead near its beach, the sleepy town ignites. Working without her long-time partner, Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley, Sergeant Barbara Havers must probe not only the mind of a murderer and a case very close to her own heart, but also the terrible price people pay for deceiving others... and themselves.
Praise for Elizabeth George:
'Immensely well plotted... a first class, page-turning read' The Times
'Splendid writing and a very good mystery' Sunday Telegraph
Read more Lynley and Havers investigations in NEL paperback:
A Great Deliverance, Payment in Blood, Well-Schooled in Murder, For the Sake of Elena, Missing Joseph, Playing for the Ashes, In the Presence of the Enemy, Deception On His Mind, In Pursuit of the Proper Sinner, A Traitor to Memory and A Place of Hiding.Coronet edition of Elizabeth George's first novel for Hodder & Stoughton, following her move from Transworld. After the murder of an Asian in an Essex seaside town, Sergeant Barbara Havers must probe both the mind of a murderer and a case very close to her heart, and acknowledge the terrible price some people pay for deceiving others... and themsel