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Thomas Lynley is called back to Scotland Yard when the body of a woman is found stabbed and abandoned in an isolated London cemetery. His former team doesnt trust the leadership of their new department chief, Isabelle Ardery, but Lynley may be the sole person who can see beneath his superior officers hard-as-nails exterior to a hidden--and possibly attractive--vulnerabil Thomas Lynley is called back to Scotland Yard when the body of a woman is found stabbed and abandoned in an isolated London cemetery. His former team doesnt trust the leadership of their new department chief, Isabelle Ardery, but Lynley may be the sole person who can see beneath his superior officers hard-as-nails exterior to a hidden--and possibly attractive--vulnerability. While Lynley works in London, his former colleagues Barbara Havers and Winston Nkata follow the murder trail south to the New Forest, a beautiful and strange place where outsiders are not entirely welcome. What they dont know is that more than one dark secret lurks among the trees, and that their investigation will lead them to an outcome that is both tragic and shocking. A multi-layered jigsaw puzzle of a story skillfully structured to keep readers guessing until the very end, This Body of Death is a magnificent achievement from a writer at the peak of her powers.

Thomas Lynley is called back to Scotland Yard when the body of a woman is found stabbed and abandoned in an isolated London cemetery. His former team doesnt trust the leadership of their new department chief, Isabelle Ardery, but Lynley may be the sole person who can see beneath his superior officers hard-as-nails exterior to a hidden--and possibly attractive--vulnerabil Thomas Lynley is called back to Scotland Yard when the body of a woman is found stabbed and abandoned in an isolated London cemetery. His former team doesnt trust the leadership of their new department chief, Isabelle Ardery, but Lynley may...  Read More