All Rights Reserved. All Rights Reserved. A Banquet of Consequences is Elizabeth George’s 19th Inspector Lynley novel. Required fields are marked *. Was the death a heart attack, or something more sinister, as Clare’s editor and friend suspects? Risking Ardrey’s wrath, Detective Inspector Lynley argues that Havers should be put in charge of a murder investigation to prove her worth. The plotting is rich and rewarding as new angles make themselves known with satisfying regularity. Caroline Goldacre joins these two women as a housekeeper then personal assistant to Abbott and inveigles her way into Abbott’s life. "A Banquet of Consequences" is the 19th book in Elizabeth George's Inspector Lynley series. A Banquet of Consequences, Elizabeth George’s twentieth Inspector Lynley and Sergeant Havers novel, provides a banquet of delights for the reader and proves that she is at the top of her game. This unique, American-made survival rifle is perfect for your go-bag, How To: Fix Dark Spots And Uneven Skin Tones, Nagorno-Karabakh is part of Azerbaijan. Click to Read More The transfer needs only to be dated and Ardrey is looking for the slightest indiscretion to move Havers into a police backwater. Meanwhile, back the capital, Lynley is left to cover the London angles, while keeping his boss at bay – a situation made even more difficult by tricky situations in both his professional and private life. Caroline Goldacre in particular is a gem of evil, around which others tend to cringe because much of her behavior is so plausible that it makes the truth about her past as difficult to accept as the brutality of her behavior toward the children she tortures. The latter is lovingly brought to life by a writer who uses her words like brush strokes to create a complete, compelling landscape. 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[…] A British murder mystery with a sociopath at its center (25.10.2015) John Formy-Duval auf runspotrun.com (28.11.2015) Almut Oetjen auf Krimi-Couch.de: Tolstoi hatte recht… (12.2015) Autumn Markus in new […], Your email address will not be published. But the storyline really begins three years earlier when the son of the… There is more nastiness than mayhem among the small army of assembled characters and a degree of admiration is evoked for the ingenious method of disposing of a victim. All police procedurals are the same at core. Lynley is in the not unfamiliar position of having to fight his Sergeant’s corner. A BANQUET OF CONSEQUENCES: A LYNLEY NOVEL. Lynley is in the not unfamiliar position of having to fight his Sergeant’s corner. Copyright © 2020 The Washington Times, LLC. © 2017 Crime Fiction Lover. Then Abbott is found dead and an unforeseen turn of events brings Havers and DS Winston Nkata to the wilds of Dorset. John M. 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I can only ever remember once purchasing baking soda for a specific purpose. More By and About This Author. At almost 700 pages long, this is no sprint, rather a considered long distance run. Elizabeth George. From the first page, the setting and finely drawn characters lure us into a web of relationships, illness, deceit, and murder. This is a novel of contrasts, the most notable being the dual settings of London and Dorset. Lynley demonstrates his strength as a father figure to the willful Havers who has come to realize that she cannot win a war with Isabelle Ardrey who is determined to get rid of her by sending her to rural England. What? This is a slow and solemn march though murder as only this author can tell it. Goldacre’s life is further eomplicated by two husbands — one divorced, the other with a mistress and two sons, of whom one has committed suicide while the other is a neurotic wreck. The new characters, on whom the plot hangs, are an interesting bunch. and View Comments, Terms of Use / Privacy Policy / Manage Newsletters. He’s such a rounded character that you find yourself egging him on, every step of the way. Fox News analyst speculates about 'curious' Wi-Fi outage delaying Biden column. 11 questions answered. Our old friends — DI Lynley, DS Havers, and DS Ardrey — are reintroduced in such a way that a newly-arrived reader will comprehend the permutations of their relationships. The difference lies in how the best authors make these elements hang together. This is undoubtedly one of Ms. George’s best mysteries, original in concept and fascinating in the breadth of its characters. OTHER BOOKS. For another top series converted for television, try Ann Cleeves’ Vera novels. Havers, while remaining bloody-minded about what she thinks should be done to catch a criminal, is also increasingly aware that the price she will pay may be too high even for her. You can almost feel the wind in your hair and smell the ozone. Banquet of Consequences A Lynley Novel by Elizabeth George available in Hardcover on Powells.com, also read synopsis and reviews. Thursday, October 22, 2015, NEW EPISODE! Havers. Hodder and Stoughton Lynley is determined to keep his renegade second-in-command and he finds a surprising ally in the shape of Ardery’s PA, the elegant Dorothea Harriman, who offers to take Havers in hand – cue some of the funniest sections of a book, which boasts some pretty dark moments too. Even so, one wishes that the editing could have been tighter, the verbiage more succinct. The best news is that all of the myriad loose ends have not been resolved and new possibilities have been opened, giving promise of a future Lynley and Havers novel. She needs to smarten up, both sartorially and professionally, if she is to keep her job with the Met. We’re in Dorset from the off, to make the acquaintance of the Goldacre family – mother, two sons and stepfather – for whom tragedy is just around the corner. £6.29, Your email address will not be published. The wind-up alone is so protracted that George’s beloved Scotland Yard detectives, Thomas Lynley and Barbara Havers, don’t really begin sleuthing until more than 200 pages in. Ms. George does an excellent job of characterizing what might be called refined wickedness in dialogue and her exchanges between her victims form the best part of her plot. On that basis, war with Armenia can be ended I'm Australian. 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Print/Kindle/iBook George builds a case against a character with just the right amount of uncertainty and a delicious twist to make this one of her most enjoyable novels. Your email address will not be published. He has been living in London with his girlfriend Lily, but when another potential landscaping job falls through because of William’s behaviour, he decides to go home to Dorset and to his overbearing mother, Caroline. However, I will say a few books ago (maybe around book 13 or 14), they started to dip in quality. A Banquet of Consequences is book 19 in her series. The story does seem to ramble along, giving more information that is necessary. This may be George’s most byzantine plot, and it takes considerable introduction of the principal players to set the scene and its ensuing conflicts. After retiring, he worked part time in a job which required on-the-job reading! Viking, $28.95 (592p) ISBN 978-0-525-95433-0 . Not gonna happen. What will you do when the mob shows up at your front door? It is Lynley who comes to the aid of Havers in her battle with her boss, Superinendent Isabelle Ardley, a neurotic with a cache of airline miniatures of vodka in her purse and a brief previous passion for Lynley. The estranged wife of one of the brothers looks through his kitchen cabinets in search of food and we are treated to a description of everything therein. - Yep, that’s the length of Elizabeth George’s new novel, A BANQUET OF CONSEQUENCES. Do NOT follow this link or you will be banned from the site. Others need a little time to sit and savour; a bottle of the red wine you’ve been saving since Christmas.