Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

The Local and the Yokel

A Great Deliverance (Inspector Lynley no.1) by Elizabeth George

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In a small town in the English countryside, the head of a well-liked local farmer is violently separated from his body. Holding the axe that facilitated the act is his daughter Roberta, sitting nearby and exclaiming her lack of regret over it all. But things don’t add up, and Scotland Yard sends inspector and eighth earl of Pudsey-Le-Stodge Thomas Lynley to crack the case. He is accompanied by bundle of nerves and 8th season Eastenders character Barbara Havers. Can Havers put aside her dislike for […]

I Wanted This Book to End So Badly

A Traitor to Memory by Elizabeth George

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This was my least favorite of George’s reads. It went on forever. The two narrative styles did not fit. I already guessed at who did what and it was a long winding road to get there. The Webberly thing read as ridiculous after a while. Lynley is even more of an ass in this one. It felt like a lot of things happened without a lot of police work to get people to where they needed to go. I liked the book focusing on memory […]

The Fallout

In Pursuit of the Proper Sinner by Elizabeth George

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Not too much to say except that reading about the fallout from Haver’s actions in the last book drove this one a lot. Havers is still with the force, but demoted. Lynley feels as if Havers was not properly punished for what she did and is reluctant to work with her again. Through a new case though (the investigation into two young people who are found murdered) Havers works mostly with Winston Nkata in this one. So we get to see a new dynamic between […]

Elements of Story Were Interesting, Just Didn’t Work

Deception on His Mind by Elizabeth George

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So…we have a book where Havers is the lead and Lynley is only in it for a few moments. I don’t think the book worked without Lynley being included. Also Havers started to bug me since based on her character it made zero sense why she got so invested in her next door neighbor. I also thought the ending of who killed the murdered man was a reach and a half. It just didn’t make any sense from what we know. I honestly thought it […]

Great Book in Series That Focuses on Havers

In The Presence of the Enemy by Elizabeth George

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Not too much to say except how much I loved this one. George focuses not on Lynley in this one, but also Havers for a good portion. We have a shocking crime and a reveal that I didn’t see coming. There is some poor Deborah stuff going on, but it’s not all encompassing like it has been in the last few books. “In the Presence of the Enemy” follows a tabloid journalist (Dennis Luxford) who is told that unless he prints the truth about his […]

Book Drags…

Playing for the Ashes by Elizabeth George

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So this one drags due to the narrative style. I didn’t know who the heck Olivia Whitelaw was at first and even when I did find out, I didn’t get what was going on until the very end. I have to say that the big left me feeling perplexed about a few things and I just didn’t like how it ended. I can guess at what Lynley decides to do, but I wanted it spelled out. Yes, after reading more than 700 pages (yeah this book is […]



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