What came before he shot her
Author:
Series:
Thomas Lynley mysteries volume 14.
Publisher:
Varies, see individual formats and editions
Pub. Date:
2009
Language:
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Joel Campbell's father was gunned down by thugs, and his mother is confined to a mental institution. Joel and his siblings live with an unwelcoming aunt in a dangerous part of London. His 15-year-old sister, Vanessa, is trading sexual favors for drugs, and his eight-year-old brother, Toby, spends much of his time in an imaginary world called Sose. To gain protection for his vulnerable little brother, Joel gets involved with the Blade, a vicious neighborhood drug dealer. Joel is the boy who, at the end of George's last novel, "With No One as Witness", was arrested in the shooting death of Det. Peter Lynley's wife, Helen. This is an unusual sequel in that, rather than taking up where the last book left off, with the expected cast of characters -Barbara Havers, Winston Nkata, and Peter Lynley -it veers off to tell Joel's story. It's not the Lynley/Havers mystery some fans may be expecting, but it's a gripping story that, without preachiness, shows how a good child can lose his way.
Subjects
Subjects
Abandoned children
Abandoned children -- England -- London -- Fiction
Detective and mystery fiction
Drug traffic
Drug traffic -- Fiction
Dysfunctional families
Dysfunctional families -- Fiction
Electronic books
England -- Fiction
Families
Families -- Fiction
Fiction
Kensington and Chelsea (London, England) -- Social conditions -- Fiction
Lynley, Thomas
Lynley, Thomas -- Fiction
Male juvenile delinquents
Male juvenile delinquents -- England -- Londond -- Fiction
Murder
Murder -- Fiction
Mystery
Mystery fiction
Revenge
Revenge -- Fiction
Social conditions
Women detectives
Women detectives -- Fiction
Abandoned children -- England -- London -- Fiction
Detective and mystery fiction
Drug traffic
Drug traffic -- Fiction
Dysfunctional families
Dysfunctional families -- Fiction
Electronic books
England -- Fiction
Families
Families -- Fiction
Fiction
Kensington and Chelsea (London, England) -- Social conditions -- Fiction
Lynley, Thomas
Lynley, Thomas -- Fiction
Male juvenile delinquents
Male juvenile delinquents -- England -- Londond -- Fiction
Murder
Murder -- Fiction
Mystery
Mystery fiction
Revenge
Revenge -- Fiction
Social conditions
Women detectives
Women detectives -- Fiction
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Contributors:
ISBN:
9780060545628
9780061805745
9780061805745
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subject_facet | Abandoned children -- England -- London -- Fiction Detective and mystery fiction Drug traffic -- Fiction Dysfunctional families -- Fiction Electronic books England -- Fiction Families -- Fiction Kensington and Chelsea (London, England) -- Social conditions -- Fiction Lynley, Thomas -- Fiction Male juvenile delinquents -- England -- Londond -- Fiction Murder -- Fiction Mystery fiction Revenge -- Fiction Women detectives -- Fiction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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title_full | What Came Before He Shot Her What came before he shot her / Elizabeth George What came before he shot her [eBook] / Elizabeth George | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_short | What came before he shot her | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
topic_facet | Abandoned children Drug traffic Dysfunctional families Families Fiction Lynley, Thomas Male juvenile delinquents Murder Mystery Revenge Social conditions Women detectives |