FFB: A GREAT DELIVERANCE, Elizabeth George

 

I read this in 1988, which was the year it was published. It was George's first Lynley novel and a real corker as the Brits might say. I recently watched it on the series and it was also well done there. I like when the lives of the detectives are part of the story and right from this first book we learn Lynley has been disappointed in love and Carol Havers, his assistant, has a parent with dementia she is responsible for. 

I understand a new series is coming but I am not sure if this will be the first book they refilm. It is quite a bloody and upsetting beginning because it appears a farmer's daughter has murdered him. I am anxious to see who replaces Lynley.