George's mystery unfolds with great psychological depth, finely drawn
characters and gorgeous portraits of the English countryside.... [George] is an
essential writer of popular fiction today. -The Washington Post The #1 New York
Times bestselling author's award-winning series returns with another stunning
crime drama featuring Scotland Yard members Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley
and Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers. Look out for Elizabeth George's newest
novel, The Punishment She Deserves. The unspoken secrets and buried lies of one
family rise to the surface in Elizabeth George's newest novel of crime, passion,
and tragic history. As Inspector Thomas Lynley investigates the London angle of
an ever more darkly disturbing case, his partner, Barbara Havers, is looking
behind the peaceful façade of country life to discover a twisted world of desire
and deceit. The suicide of William Goldacre is devastating to those left behind
who will have to deal with its unintended consequences-could there be a link
between the young man's leap from a Dorset cliff and a horrific poisoning in
Cambridge? After various issues with her department, Barbara Havers is desperate
to redeem herself. So when a past encounter gives her a connection to the
unsolved Cambridge murder, Barbara begs Thomas Lynley to let her pursue the
crime, knowing one mistake could mean the end of her career. Full of shocks,
intensity, and suspense from the first page to the last, A Banquet of
Consequences reveals both Lynley and Havers under mounting pressure to solve a
case both complicated and deeply disturbing.