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Playing for the Ashes

By: Elizabeth George
Narrated by: Derek Jacobi
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 "The story begins with my father, actually, and the fact that I'm the one who's answerable for his death. It was not my first crime, as you will see, but it is the one my mother couldn't forgive."

In her astonishing New York Times bestseller, acclaimed author Elizabeth George reveals the even darker truth behind this startling confession. Playing for the Ashes is a rich tale of passion, murder and love in which Inspector Thomas Lynley and Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers once again
find themselves embroiled in a case where nothing--and no one--is really what it seems. Intense, suspenseful and brilliantly written, Playing for the
Ashes will make readers "search out the sleuthing pair's first six adventures...a treasure," as Cosmopolitan predicted in their review.©1994 Susan Elizabeth George; (P)1994 Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio Publishing, a Division of Random House, Inc. Crime Fiction Mystery Police Procedurals Psychological Thriller & Suspense Traditional Detectives Fiction Crime Exciting Suspense

Critic Reviews

“Those who haven’t discovered Elizabeth George . . . should rush to read Playing for the Ashes.”—Us

“Compelling . . . indefinitely engrossing.”—People

“Gritty and satisfying!”—The New Yorker

“A master of the modern English mystery.”—Entertainment Weekly
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