I thoroughly enjoyed yet another Lynley mystery. Elizabeth George never succumbs to a pattern, never ceases to surprise, never shows mercy to her readers (who might want favourite characters to be treated as they deserve.) As always, her title is apt in so many ways, most only obvious once the book is completed. I had to sit and digest what happened, after reading the last pages. I was dismayed, as usual, that I had already completed the book, and will have to wait another year to find out what happens next. Her literary story-telling is so skillful that I am surprised that any reader would think her books are too long. I was quite happy when I received it, thinking how lovely and fat the new book was.