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The shocking conclusion of Elizabeth George's previous bestseller, With No One As Witness, saw the wife of New Scotland Yard's Thomas Lynley gunned down in the street outside her home. Under arrest for the crime is a twelve-year-old boy, Joel Campbell. What possible motive could he have? What chain of…
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I was dumbstruck after reading What Came Before He Shot Her.
All of Elizabeth George's Inspector Lynley novels are superb, but I did not think she could surpass With No One as Witness, in which Lynley's fiancée is murdered. Well, she did!
What Came Before He Shot Her is a very different kind of book—equally captivating—but not exactly a mystery, as we know who did it from the start—just not why. It's the story of the boy who murdered Helen, and how he came to do it. I felt real grief for Helen and Lynley, but I felt…
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