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      Payment in Blood

      by Elizabeth George
      Published
      Jan 1989
      Main Genre
      Police Procedural Police Procedural
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      432
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      Thomas Lynley & Barbara Havers Book 2

      About This Book

      The career of playwright Joy Sinclair comes to an abrupt end on an isolated estate in the Scottish Highlands when someone drives an eighteen-inch dirk through her neck. Called upon to investigate the case in a country where they have virtually no authority, aristocratic Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley and his partner, Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers, grapple for both a motive and a murderer. Emotions run deep in this highly charged drama, for the list of suspects soon includes Britain's foremost actress, its most successful theatrical producer, and the woman Lynley loves. He and Havers must tread carefully through the complicated terrain of human relationships, while they work to solve a case rooted in the darkest corners of the past and the unexplored regions of the human heart.

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      Genres & Themes

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      Suspense

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      Law Enforcement Mystery Police Procedural

      Themes

      Locked Room Mystery

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      Jul 1990 Bantam ISBN13 9780553284362 ISBN10 0553284363
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      May 2007 Bantam ISBN13 9780553384802 ISBN10 0553384805
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      Apr 2012 Hodder & Stoughton (UK) ISBN13 9781444738278 ISBN10 1444738275
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      First Edition Aug 1989 Bantam ISBN13 9780553057010 ISBN10 0553057014
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      Sep 2007 Bantam ISBN10 B000Y8BN0E
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      Sep 2007 Hodder & Stoughton (UK) ISBN13 9781848942691 ISBN10 1848942699
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      Dec 1995 Random House Audio ISBN13 9780553473803 ISBN10 0553473808
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      Dec 1999 Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio ISBN10 B00005452O
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      Oct 1990 Thorndike Press ISBN13 9781560540007 ISBN10 1560540001
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      Apr 2009 Thorndike Press ISBN13 9781410414557 ISBN10 1410414558
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