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, a Pakistani named Haytham Querashi, is found dead near its beach, his neck broken, sleepy Balford-le-Nez ignites. And working solo, 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 the terrible price people pay for deceiving others...and themselves.
Richard M. (algernon99) from ROY, UT wrote on 5/17/2007...
Elizabeth George writes British police procedurals featuring Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers and Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley. I have enjoyed them when my mood runs to slower, more thoughtful British stories, which I like--at times. This one, from 1997, is one of the good ones.