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Title: Deception on His Mind by Elizabeth George ISBN: 0-553-57509-0 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 06 October, 1998 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.03 (72 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Great by George!
Comment: This is a must read Elizabeth George. Instead of Linley who is off on his much awaited honeymoon , we get to have our fill of the gritty, prickly, blue collar Sergeant Barbara Havers. Barbara, ordered by Linley to take a much needed vacation after being physically injured during their last case, is at loose ends. It has been so many years since she had any leisure time and anyway her life is her work. So Barbara, becoming aware of a puzzling situation in the life of her Asian neighbors, an endearing father and small daughter, and in her desire to help them heads to the seaside. Instead of a vacation she finds that her old police academy companion is now in charge of a murder investigation that involves her neighbor's family. Barbara, offers to assist on the case which severely challenges her to question her own abilities as detective, her loyalties to her friends and her own moral beliefs. The feel of the book is permeated with the intense and unusual heat of this particular summer at the English seaside and by Barbara's personal and external stuggles to solve a very puzzling case. Race and sex relations and cultural differences in small town England are a major feature of the plot which is complicated and intense enough to satisfy without being filled with intentional red herrings. As usual for George, the characters and their situations are finely drawn and full of depth and character. A really good read and and a good novel.
Rating: 5
Summary: Thanks to God, and Allah too
Comment: Someone has murdered Mr. Haytham Querashi, a recent Pakistani immigrant, in Balford-le-Nez, a small, economically depressed town on the coast of Essex, England. Mr. Querashi was to soon wed the beautiful Sahlah, daughter of Akram Malik. In the Pakistani tradition, the parents of the bride and groom had arranged the marriage. As part of the deal, Mr. Querashi had become Production Manager in Mr. Malik's mustard factory where he displaced the last non-Pakistani, full-time employee.
Just a few weeks ago Mr. Malik became the first Pakistani on the Town Council when his formidable adversary, the aging Agatha Shaw, was forced to resign due to a stroke. Despite her condition and Malik's appointment, Mrs. Shaw, with the help of her grandson Theo, is determined to obtain the Council's approval for her project. She is resolute in the renovation and development of the pleasure pier to attract tourists, resuscitate the town's economy and thus assure her legacy as savior of the community.
Querashi's death is threatening to ignite smoldering racial tensions, however. The Asian's in general and Malik's son in particular suspect the murder was racially motivated and expect the police will ignore white suspects and blame a Pakistani. Enter Sgt. Barbara Havers, who is conveniently vacationing in the town, to mediate with the Pakistani as police liaison. As the case proceeds, Barbara discovers that nearly all the players have something to hide, including her self. Indeed, the title of this English mystery novel should be "Deception on Their Minds."
Elizabeth George is a master of this genre. Her characters are believable, the events are realistic, the scenes evolve with interesting complexity and the plot is superb, although sometimes I found her style more descriptive and dragging than in her prior novel, "In the Presence of the Enemy." And unlike her previous novel, I had the killer figured in this one before the cops did.
"Deception" is unusual and outstanding, however, for George's treatment of the culture clash. Her characters cover the full spectrum of personalities one would expect to find in her hypothetical community. Thanks to God and Allah too, she does it without the least bit of moralizing.
Rating: 2
Summary: pare it down, please!
Comment: I would have given this book a rating of 1 out of 5, except that the plot was interesting. This is the third Elizabeth George book I have read, but I couldn't get through this one. The author has an obsessive compulsive style of writing that is irritating--every bite taken, every sip taken--is added as a boring beat, until I want to scream, get on with the story--move it along! Finally, when I realized there were at least 300 more pages to go, I skipped to the end. This author would benefit from an editor who would dare to tell her to cut out a lot needless, uninteresting details. I do think she has good plots, but I don't think I'll be buying any more of her books.
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Title: In Pursuit of the Proper Sinner by Elizabeth George ISBN: 0553575104 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 31 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Missing Joseph by Elizabeth George ISBN: 0553566040 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 May, 1994 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: A Suitable Vengeance by Elizabeth George ISBN: 0553295608 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 February, 1992 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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