A Great Deliverance Av Elizabeth George

<p><b>From the bestselling series that inspired BBC's <i>Lynley</i>, discover how it all began . . . </b><br><br>Roberta Teys is found beside her father's headless corpse, wearing her best dress and with an axe in her lap. <br><br>"I did it. And I am not sorry." She refuses to say more.<br><br>Inspector Thomas Lynley and DS Barbara Havers are sent by Scotland Yard to investigate. <br><br>But as they navigate their way around a dark labyrinth of secret scandals and appalling crimes, they uncover a series of shocking revelations that shatter the façade of the peaceful Yorkshire village.<br><br><b>Praise for <i>A Great Deliverance</i>:</b><br><br><b>'Ambitious and exotic . . . The climax is startling and disturbing . . . An exciting debut'</b><br><i><b>The Times</b></i><br><br><b>'An awesome first-fiction venture that immediately thrusts the author into P.D. James' dark orbit'</b><br><i><b>Kirkus</b></i><br><br><b>'With a lyric sense of language and a cinematic eye for detail, George has constructed a truly fascinating story'</b><br><i><b>Chicago Sun-Times</b></i></p>