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Violence
Some
A murder investigation; some violence in the backstory involving wartime Guernsey
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
Barely any
Some adult romantic content
Substance Use
Barely any
Social drinking
Emotional Intensity
Some
The specific psychology of debts owed across generations; St
What this book is about
Simon St. James and his wife Deborah travel to Guernsey to help China River, Deborah's American friend, who is accused of murdering Guy Brouard — a wealthy Holocaust survivor and local benefactor. Lynley is absent; the investigation is carried by St. James and, separately, Deborah, whose different methods and different emotional investments create tension. Elizabeth George's twelfth Lynley mystery is her first to take the investigation entirely off the British mainland and to center on St. James rather than Lynley. The Guernsey setting is carefully rendered; the mystery involves art, the war, and the specific weight of gratitude that becomes obligation.
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twelfth of the Lynley series; Lynley is largely absent from this installment
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