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Of With no one as Witness (Judith Rhodes, Tangled Web)

Of With no one as Witness by Elizabeth George (Sue Turnbull, The Age) Of A Place of Hiding by Elizabeth George (John Escott, Shots)

Of For the Sake of Elena by Elizabeth George (Herbert Mitgang, NY Times) Of Payment in Blood by Elizabeth George (Josh Rubins, NY Times Book THE WRITERS: Elizabeth George (Barnes & Noble)Ī Great Deliverance by Elizabeth George (JP, Mystery Guide) Golly! A Yank Wrote Those Oh-So-British Mysteries? (MEL GUSSOW, Excuse her some rookie jitters and set aside a decent-sized chunk of time as you're not unlikely to gulp down A Great Deliverance in just one sitting.Īn Interview with Best-selling author Elizabeth George (WHYY TV12) But the mystery at the heart of Ms George's story-about a beheaded farmer, whose near-catatonic daughter is found soaked in blood beside him-is so deftly handled and the Lynley/Havers interaction so compelling that she won both the Edgar and Agatha awards for Best First Novel and was launched on her best-selling career. Ms George packs her mystery too full of stock background-haunted manors and ripper murders-and overbroad characters-amusingly enough, it's the American tourists who are the worst caricatures-but a first-time novelist can always be excused for trying too hard to please after all, they may never get another chance. The films are diverting enough, but this first novel goes a long way to filling in just why Havers is so insecure, self-loathing, and difficult for even the eminently understanding Lynley to work with, a theme the series relies on heavily.

That's how I was introduced to her Inspector Thomas Lynley ( Nathaniel Parker), who's also the eighth Earl of Asherton, and his bitter working-class sidekick, Barbara Havers ( Sharon Small). She's even received the ultimate imprimatur, having the BBC turn her books into a tv series. Elizabeth George is perhaps best known for being a Californian from Ohio who somehow writes pitch-perfect British police procedurals.