A Traitor to Memory: A Page-Turning Mystery Featuring Thomas Lynley, now appearing on BBC1 and iPlayer

Elizabeth George

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Twenty-eight-year-old virtuoso violinist Gideon Davies has lost not only his memory of music but also his ability to play the instrument he mastered as a five-year-old prodigy. All he can remember is a single name: Sonia.

Then, one rainy evening, Gideon's mother Eugenie travels to London for a mysterious appointment. But before she is able to reach her destination, a car swoops out of nowhere and kills her in the street.

In pursuing Eugenie's killer, Lynley and Havers come to know a group of people whose lives are inextricably connected by a long-ago death, a trial, and a prison sentence handed down as retribution for a crime no one has spoken of for twenty years.

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Praise for A Traitor to Memory: A Page-Turning Mystery Featuring Thomas Lynley, now appearing on BBC1 and iPlayer

  • Absorbing . . . the pleasure of the book is the slow, surprising and often shocking unravelling of the various links between the main characters - Marcel Berlins, The TimesA long and absorbing read that will please lovers of the traditional crime novel - Scotland on Sundaykeeps the reader on the knife's edge of suspense, thanks to George's skill at weaving together intriguing characters, disturbing action, police procedure, psychological insight, and mordant wit. First-rate suspense with a stunner of an ending. - BooklistA very accomplished crime writer who is able to keep the reader's suspense right up to the last page. - Woman's Way, DublinA Traitor to Memory is more PD James than Ruth Rendell . . . very convincing . . . the book makes a serious and valid point about what is left of the personality of a musical prodigy if the music is taken away. - Classical MusicPlots of dazzling inventiveness are the hallmark of George's first-rate murder mysteries. A story to keep you engrossed al the way to Inverness and back. - Livewire

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Elizabeth George

Elizabeth George

Elizabeth George is the internationally bestselling author of twenty psychological suspense novels, four young adult novels, two books of non-fiction and two short-story collections. Her work has been honoured with an Anthony Award, an Agatha Award, two Edgar nominations, and both France's and Germany's first prize for crime fiction. She has taught creative writing internationally and is the recipient of an honorary doctorate in humane letters and an honorary MFA in creative writing. She lives in Seattle, Washington.

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