
I have to admit I bought this book along time ago and I just recently just refound it. I had read it when I first bought it. I just reread it and I couldnt remember who did what or why.. I really enjoyed it the second time around as I did the first..
In Pursuit of the Proper Sinner it starts out with telling how this great big Manor house is being restored by Julian Buxton. He is dating this girl named Nicola Maiden. She is a student in London and she comes home for Holidays and summer time between classes. Well Julian proposes marriage to her and she turns him down. He is just upset about it..
Well in the mean time Nicola goes camping and meets up with a friend of hers. They both end up dead.. Well Nicola's father was with the SO10 when he was a police officer and he requests for a certain cop.. Langly I believe is the cop.. There is alot going on in this book so excuse me if I get mixed up..
Langly goes down to Derbyshire and meets up with the Inspector there.. They talk to Nicola Maidens parents.. Lanly feels slightly uncomfortable talking to his old SO10 co worker.. But he does what he has to.. They get what they need done and such at this meeting and to tell you there are many more meeting that get more uncomfortable with this group.
They talk to Julian and Sam and Julians Father Jeremy. Julian is so distraught over the murders.. Somewhere in here Nicola had told Julian why she didnt want to marry him and she wouldnt be back in Derbyshire for along time...
Nicola had met up with this girl Vy Nevin and they worked for an Escort Service but they wanted to veer off on there own and open there own Escort Business.. They were in the process when the man that put out there Call Cards in Phone Boxes intercepted a phone call for some one else. Well he got his hands on this music and thought they could make some real cash with these.
He took them to several different places and couldnt sell them.. Well he ended up taking them to who was actually looking for them.. He took them to Matthew King Ryder. Well Matthew took one look at the music and kicked Terry Cole out of his office.. He didnt claim the music was his but he didnt want to Terry to know that he was looking for it either..
Well in the mean time Nicola had went back to Derbyshire to work for the summer and let her parents be happy she was there for the summer.. In the mean time before this happened she had phoned her father and had him go to London. He thought she wanted him to bring some of her things back to the house with him when he went but instead Nicola told her father what she was doing in London. She told him that she wouldnt be returning to school or Derbyshire for a long time after this..
So they heard someone say I will see you Dead before I let you do this. So in the process of the book they looked at Nicola's father..
In the mean time Barbara Havers was on the case also looking into other possibilities and they had found several there.. Barb had gotten into trouble when the book started but she worked her way into the case anyway and she helped bring down the killer at the end..
I am not good at book reviews but I enjoyed this book.. I will give this book 9.5 Tweets out of 10.. If you read this book I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did. I am even more than willing to ship my copy to you to borrow if you want to read it..All I have to do is pay shipping to you..

4 comments:
Is this the first book you've read by Elizabeth George? If so, you are in for a treat - she is my favourite mystery writer, and I love the Lynley books. Barbara Havers is one of my favourite fictional characters ever. It's worth it to read the books in order as there is plenty of back story with the recurring characters.
WC yes this is the first book I have read of these. Did i read a book that wasnt the first then?? Could you suggest a good book where to start if this isnt???
The first book in the Lynley series is "A Great Deliverance."
Check out this site for more information on George's books: http://www.elizabethgeorgeonline.com/books.htm
Try second hand book stores for her books; way cheaper.
Also, in the front of the book you have, there will be a list of all the Lynley books in order of their publication date - check there to get the right order. But, for the books that come after the Proper Sinner book - check the web site.
Thanks again WC. I have saved her webpage to my favorites on the computuer..
Post a Comment