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Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley and his fiancée, Deborah Cotter, arrive at Lynley's ancestral home in Howenstow for a festive engagement weekend. Tension runs high as family memories and old wounds surface. When a journalist is found brutally killed in the nearby village of Nanrunnel, Lynley is compelled to investigate, despite the case lying outside his jurisdiction. Assisted by forensic scientist Simon Allcourt‑St. James and supported by old friend Helen Clyde, Lynley pieces together forensic clues that reveal a web of motives tied to the Howenstow family and their longstanding servants. The investigation uncovers violent deaths, a crushing betrayal of love and friendship, and the unbreakable blood ties that bind the Cornwall village.
First publish date: 1991
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Police Procedural
Authors: Elizabeth George
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