Books With No One as Witness (Thomas Lynley and Barbara Havers Novels)
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Rating: - A good workmanlike mystern
This is an excellent entry in the Inspector Lynley series, full of interesting and surprising twists, with a gripping story. Ms. George, as usual, deals with very deep currents of human psychology and is quite thoughtful about the society she depicts. The book, however, it is a bit verbose for this reader's taste, which is why it garners only four starts. But then, again, sometimes there is nothing better than sitting down with a long book one knows one will enjoy.

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Rating: - Page-Turner
This is a hefty tome, but I got through it pretty quick. A much better read, I thought, than "For the Sake of Elena," the one other novel by Elizabeth George I have read so far. I prefer "cozy" British mysteries, in general; see Christmas is Murder: A Rex Graves Mystery, but "With No One is Witness" did not get too grisly for my taste.
The denouement for the personal side of the story did threaten to overshadow the serial murder theme, and I have to say my favorite parts in the whole book involved Havers, and not really the mystery side so much. Her relationship with her ethnic neighbors, especially the daughter, was very believable. Another issue I had was with the dialect, especially Nkata's, which proved distracting. I was raised in the UK since two years old, and Brits do not use the words "suss" and "twig" ALL THE TIME. Still giving it 4 stars because this writer has loads of talent and obviously did exhaustive research for this book.

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Rating: - With No One As Witness
I have been a fan of Elizabeth George since her first book. I loved her depth of characters and felt like I knew each and every one. I pushed one of my sons and my daughter to read her books, which they did and was always raving about her writing. At the end of "With No ONe As Witness", I threw her book across the room and burst into tears - I was devasted - so senseless. I said I would never read her again. Many months later I purchased the following book supposedly explaining "With No One As Witness". I still have not been able to pick it up and read it. I have no idea at this point whether I will ever touch another of her books again.

LaRae Mullin

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Rating: - Lynley & Havers back in the saddle
Gripping plot, superbly written, convincing character development.

Lynley and Havers of New Scotland Yard have been my favorite crime solving team since the beginning. I was happy to see that they're back together, and that Lynley has gotten his head back in the game and out of wedded bliss and the angst of private life. Although I enjoy learning about the characters' backgrounds, and thus making them more likable and realistic, George may take this a tad too far in my mind.

Office politics and the recuperation from previous accidents nearly obliterate the serial murder investigation of young London boys. As always, everyone is a suspect, and George holds nothing back in describing the degenerate side of London, and leaves the reader gaping at the conclusion.