Uncorrected Bound Typescript. 4to. 851 pp. Cream wraps printed in black.
Twelfth in the Inspector Lynley mystery series and set on the island of Guernsey where a millionaire benefactor is found murdered on a beach. Earlier outings in the series were adapted for television by the BBC as episodes in The Inspector Lynley Mysteries. Past recipient of the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière and the German prize for suspense fiction, the MIMI. "With her flair for language, George reinforces her reputation as one of today's finest mystery writers." –Publishers Weekly