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Fiction.
Mystery.
Suspense.
Thriller.
HTML:NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ? ??One of George??s best . . . insightful, tense, and compassionate.???Entertainment Weekly Balford-le-Nez is a dying seaside town on the coast of Essex. But when a member of the town??s small but growing Asian community is found murdered near its beach, the sleepy town ignites. Intrigued by the involvement of her London neighbor??Taymullah Azhar??in what appears to be a growing racial conflagration, Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers arranges to have herself assigned to the investigation. Setting out on her own, this is one case Havers will have to solve without her longtime partner, Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley?? and it??s one of the toughest she??s ever encountered. For Havers must probe not only the mind of a murderer and her emotional response to a case unsettlingly close to her own heart, but also the terrible price people pay for deceiving others . . . and themselves. Praise for Deception on His Mind ??So much fun to read, it??s criminal.???Newsday ??It??s tough to resist the pull of George??s storytelling once hooked.???USA Today
??Falls smartly into place in [George??s] literate, impassioned series, one of today??s best.???Chicago Tribune ??Fascinating . . . there are wrenching stories he… (más)
Balford-le-Nez es una ciudad moribunda en la costa de Essex, pero cuando un miembro de la creciente comunidad asiática es encontrado asesinado, la ciudad se convierte en un hervidero. La sargento de detectives Barbara Havers se hace cargo del caso, que presagia un violento estallido racial. Pero Havers no sólo habrá de investigar la mente de un asesino y un caso que le toca muy de cerca, sino el terrible precio que la gente paga por engañar a los demás... y a sí misma. El precio del engaño plasma una intriga electrizante, de crescendo magistralmente dosificado, que sacude las fibras del lector hasta un desenlace estremecedor.
Una lánguida ciudad de la costa de Essex se convierte en un hervidero tras el asesinato de un inmigrante de origen asiático. El racismo, siempre latente en situaciones de inestabilidad social, se dispara. Y poco a poco irá aflorando un universo de inmigración ilegal, racismo, celos, honor, violación, relaciones homosexuales y conflictos humanos. En esta novela cobra particular protagonismo la sargento Barbara Havers, ayudante del inspector Linley y opuesta a su superior, al que critica desde sus maneras hasta sus métodos de investigación. Pero ambos tienen algo en común: una extraordinaria agudeza para comprender la complejidad de las motivaciones humanas. Una novela soberbia por su fuerza y profundo realismo social.
Fiction.
Mystery.
Suspense.
Thriller.
HTML:NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ? ??One of George??s best . . . insightful, tense, and compassionate.???Entertainment Weekly Balford-le-Nez is a dying seaside town on the coast of Essex. But when a member of the town??s small but growing Asian community is found murdered near its beach, the sleepy town ignites. Intrigued by the involvement of her London neighbor??Taymullah Azhar??in what appears to be a growing racial conflagration, Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers arranges to have herself assigned to the investigation. Setting out on her own, this is one case Havers will have to solve without her longtime partner, Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley?? and it??s one of the toughest she??s ever encountered. For Havers must probe not only the mind of a murderer and her emotional response to a case unsettlingly close to her own heart, but also the terrible price people pay for deceiving others . . . and themselves. Praise for Deception on His Mind ??So much fun to read, it??s criminal.???Newsday ??It??s tough to resist the pull of George??s storytelling once hooked.???USA Today
??Falls smartly into place in [George??s] literate, impassioned series, one of today??s best.???Chicago Tribune ??Fascinating . . . there are wrenching stories he
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