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| Title | : | Well-Schooled in Murder (Inspector Lynley #3) |
| Author | : | Elizabeth George |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 432 pages |
| Published | : | May 1st 2007 by Bantam (first published 1989) |
| Categories | : | Mystery. Fiction. Crime. Thriller. Mystery Thriller |
Elizabeth George
Paperback | Pages: 432 pages Rating: 4.12 | 21630 Users | 615 Reviews
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When thirteen-year-old Matthew Whately goes missing from Bredgar Chambers, a prestigious public school in the heart of West Sussex, aristocratic Inspector Thomas Lynley receives a call for help from the lad's housemaster, who also happens to be an old school chum. Thus, the inspector, his partner, Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers, and forensic scientist Simon Allcourt-St. James find themselves once again outside their jurisdiction and deeply involved in the search for a child--and then, tragically, for a child killer. Questioning prefects, teachers, and pupils closest to the dead boy, Lynley and Havers sense that something extraordinarily evil is going on behind Bredgar Chambers's cloistered walls. But as they begin to unlock the secrets of this closed society, the investigation into Matthew's death leads them perilously close to their own emotional wounds--and blinds them to the signs of another murder in the making....From the Paperback edition.
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| Original Title: | Well-Schooled in Murder |
| ISBN: | 0553384813 (ISBN13: 9780553384819) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Inspector Lynley #3 |
| Characters: | Thomas Lynley, Barbara Havers, Simon St. James, Deborah St. James, Matthew Whateley |
| Setting: | West Sussex, England(United Kingdom) |
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Ratings: 4.12 From 21630 Users | 615 ReviewsWrite Up Based On Books Well-Schooled in Murder (Inspector Lynley #3)
My motivation for reading mystery novels is to escape into plot and spend time with gifted detectives who are too perfect to be true. That's part of it. But I also seek the satisfaction of seeing justice done and in this novel a horrendous plot point is introduced as a red herring. It is unsettling, but Lynley simply shoves it under a rug. This element either shouldn't have been introduced at all--my preference, since it is profoundly awful--or it should become a subplot in which justice isRating: 3.75* of fiveThe Book Report: Inspector Thomas Lynley is called to a snobby uppercrust English school by his Old Etonian pal, now a schoolmaster in the place, to investigate the disappearance of scholarship boy Matthew Whately. All too soon comes the moment when the disappearance becomes a murder investigation thanks to the discovery of little Mattie's body in the churchyard containing Thomas Gray's tomb, by none other than Lynley's formerly beloved Deborah who is now wife to Lynley's
Fourth chronologically and third in publishing order, this Inspector Lynley detective mystery series is set in modern-day England with this particular story set in West Sussex.My TakeThe very promising future of Matthew Whately was trashedfor such stupid reasons. The bullying, the code of silence, the contradiction of the school motto and it all comes down tobasics. Lynley is especially tormented about school loyalties: he owes Corntel. How can he expect these children to make the right
Elizabeth Georges books are very long winded. But I do appreciate the chapters about the personal lives of the main characters and also the fact that after the killer is found, there is usually a couple chapters to tie up some loose ends.Something Ive learned though is that reading two different mystery series at the same time can be tricky. I kept thinking, I sure wish Dr Kay Scarpetta would examine this body. This mystery would be solved a whole lot quicker.
No one can do a twisty turny mystery like Elizabeth George. I am so incredibly happy that I decided to reread these books and go through the entire series, its like getting a present every time I open one of her books.
Fourth chronologically and third in publishing order, this Inspector Lynley detective mystery series is set in modern-day England with this particular story set in West Sussex.My TakeThe very promising future of Matthew Whately was trashedfor such stupid reasons. The bullying, the code of silence, the contradiction of the school motto and it all comes down tobasics. Lynley is especially tormented about school loyalties: he owes Corntel. How can he expect these children to make the right
Well and densely plotted, but the cameos of the lower classes, as usual, grate. And how believable is it that (non-fundamentalist) marriages come to the brink of destruction because someone fails to disclose a teenage abortion they had? Really, in 1991? Elizabeth George can't seem to resist these anachronisms, and Deborah and Simon St. James never add anything interesting to the plots.
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