A Suitable Vengeance

By: Elizabeth George

Narrated by: Donada Peters

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Inspector Lynley series, hailed as “queen of the mystery genre” (Entertainment Weekly), brings us back to one of Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley’s earliest—and most personal—investigations.

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“George proves that the classiest crime writers are true novelists.”—The New York Times

Thomas Lynley, the eighth earl of Asherton, has brought to Howenstow, his family home, the young woman he has asked to be his bride. But the savage murder of a local journalist is the catalyst for a lethal series of events that shatters the calm of a picturesque Cornwall village and embroils Lynley and Simon Allcourt-St. James in a case far outside their jurisdiction—and a little too close to home. When a second death follows closely on the heels of the first, Lynley finds he can’t help taking the investigation personally—because the evidence points to a killer within his own family.

Critic reviews

“Elizabeth George reigns as queen of the mystery genre. The Lynley books constitute the smartest, most gratifyingly complex and impassioned mystery series now being published.”—Entertainment Weekly

“George goes to the head of the genre, with class.”—People

“P. D. James has a polished literary eloquence all her own, but George provides the same kind of sumptuous, all-out reading experience.”—Los Angeles Times

“Even more intricate than George’s deftly handled plot . . . are the paths etched by her anguished, memorable characters, as they struggle with the secrets of their hearts.”—Publishers Weekly

“The real pleasure and richness in this book come from the lush, detailed writing about unusual lives and relationships charged with complexity.”—Minneapolis Star Tribune

“A Suitable Vengeance is not only believable and unpredictable but offers beautifully written prose.”—Pittsburgh Press

“Readers will come away well satisfied.”—New York Daily News

“A Suitable Vengeance is one of those books that readers will race through to find out what’s happening . . . then will return to again, and maybe again, just for the sheer pleasure of it.”—Toledo Blade

Not a new book

This is an old book...I read it in 1992. If it was "just released" it must have been the audiobook. I want my credit back.

Great Read

I enjoyed this book very much. As always Elizabeth George gives us a lot of twist and turns to find the killer.

Complexity of characters and the narrator performance.

Elizabeth George’s plots are always complex and the characters multifaceted. The subtle nuances of voice and accent by the narrator was brilliant.

This is bizarre!

Yes, this is bizarre AND annoying. The plot of this book clearly occurs before that of what Audible is calling book 1! And no, it's not a flashback or some other literary device--it's just good old-fashioned incompetence on the part of Audible. The book is an excellent Elizabeth George--it's just that one should read it before book 1!