In pursuit of the proper sinner

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What this book is about

On a high moor in Derbyshire, two bodies are found: a young woman with connections to London's underground club scene, and a young man who has been tortured. Lynley investigates while managing his own personal turmoil — his relationship with Helen has reached a point of decision — and the case grows more complex as the victim's secrets and the perpetrator's psychology are slowly uncovered. Elizabeth George's tenth Lynley mystery is structurally her most ambitious: multiple perspectives, a vast geography, and an ending that earns its darkness. The investigation of the proper sinner — the one ultimately responsible — is the best procedural puzzle in the series to this point.