Believing the Lie: A Lynley Novel

Elizabeth George

Jan 2012 · Sold by Penguin

About this ebook

#1 New York Times bestselling author of The Punishment She Deserves Elizabeth George has millions of fans following her Inspector Lynley series. As USA Today put it, "It's tough to resist George's storytelling, once hooked." With Believing the Lie, she's poised to hook countless more.

Inspector Thomas Lynley is mystified when he's sent undercover to investigate the death of Ian Cresswell at the request of the man's uncle, the wealthy and influential Bernard Fairclough. The death has been ruled an accidental drowning, and nothing on the surface indicates otherwise. But when Lynley enlists the help of his friends Simon and Deborah St. James, the trio's digging soon reveals that the Fairclough clan is awash in secrets, lies, and motives.

Deborah's investigation of the prime suspect--Bernard's prodigal son Nicholas, a recovering drug addict--leads her to Nicholas's wife, a woman with whom she feels a kinship, a woman as fiercely protective as she is beautiful. Lynley and Simon delve for information from the rest of the family, including the victim's bitter ex-wife and the man he left her for, and Bernard himself. As the investigation escalates, the Fairclough family's veneer cracks, with deception and self-delusion threatening to destroy everyone from the Fairclough patriarch to Tim, the troubled son Ian left behind.

Ratings and reviews

When I hear learn that the newest Elizabeth George novel has hit the bookstores, I can't get there fast enough to get a copy! George has a writing style to be relished by her readers and to be held to all other fiction writers as the prime example, the numero uno, the absolute epitome of how a story should be told, all the while giving her readers the completely delightful pleasure of a new tale to dive into and relish to the very last page. Be prepared though, George's books are like a beautiful box of chocolate bonbons, utterly beautiful and extremely difficult to resist once the box is open, well.... And if you have never indulged, get up, turn off the idiot box, trot down to your local bookseller for your very own copy! You will also want to get the first of the series, "A Great Deliverance". Yum Yum!!!

What a piece of detrimental British boring trash. Very well written by the way. There is such an emptiness in the story. It's just an ugly drama.

Omg!!! I'm obsessed w/ this Lynley series! Plz, I need more! I gotta know bouts Havers n the Italian Dic. I gotta know if Lynley n Elektra make it. I gotta know if Isabell gets/stays on a wagon. . . Love this series n this writer!

About the author

Elizabeth George is the New York Times bestselling author of nineteen psychological suspense novels, three young adult novels, one book of nonfiction, and two short-story collections. Her work has been honored with the Anthony and Agatha awards, as well as several other prestigious prizes. She lives in Washington State.