A Traitor to Memory
A Page-Turning Mystery Featuring Thomas Lynley, now appearing on BBC1 and iPlayer
$26.03
- Paperback
816 pages
- Release Date
11 September 2012
Summary
Twenty-eight-year-old virtuoso violinist Gideon Davies has lost not only his memory of music but also his ability to play the instrument he mastered as a five-year-old prodigy. All he can remember is a single name: Sonia.
Then, one rainy evening, Gideon’s mother Eugenie travels to London for a mysterious appointment. But before she is able to reach her destination, a car swoops out of nowhere and kills her in the street.
In pursuing Eugenie’s killer, Lynley and Havers come to …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781444738391 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1444738399 |
| Author: | Elizabeth George |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Hodder Paperback |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 816 |
| Release Date: | 11 September 2012 |
| Weight: | 554g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 129mm x 52mm |
| Series: | Inspector Lynley |
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Critics Review
Plots of dazzling inventiveness are the hallmark of George’s first-rate murder mysteries. A story to keep you engrossed al the way to Inverness and back.
Absorbing … the pleasure of the book is the slow, surprising and often shocking unravelling of the various links between the main characters - Marcel Berlins, The Times
A long and absorbing read that will please lovers of the traditional crime novel - Scotland on Sundaykeeps the reader on the knife’s edge of suspense, thanks to George’s skill at weaving together intriguing characters, disturbing action, police procedure, psychological insight, and mordant wit. First-rate suspense with a stunner of an ending. - BooklistA very accomplished crime writer who is able to keep the reader’s suspense right up to the last page. - Woman’s Way, DublinA Traitor to Memory is more PD James than Ruth Rendell … very convincing … the book makes a serious and valid point about what is left of the personality of a musical prodigy if the music is taken away. - Classical MusicPlots of dazzling inventiveness are the hallmark of George’s first-rate murder mysteries. A story to keep you engrossed al the way to Inverness and back. - LivewireAbout The Author
Elizabeth George
Elizabeth George is the author of highly acclaimed novels of psychological suspense. She won the Anthony and Agatha Best First Novel awards in America and received the Grand Prix de Litt rature Polici re in France. In 1990 she was awarded the prestigious German prize for international mystery fiction, the MIMI. Her novels have now been adapted for television by the BBC. An Edgar and Macavity Nominee as well as a New York Times and international bestselling author, Elizabeth George lives on Whidbey Island in the state of Washington.
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