An 'Inspector Lynley' without Inspector Lynley! THis is what is says on the cover:
'Bradford-le-Nez is a dying seatown on the coast of Essex. But when a member of the town's small but growing Asian community is found dead neat its beach, the slepy town ignites. Working without her long-time partnet, Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley, Sergeant Barbara Havers must probe not only the mind of a murderer and a case very close to her own heart, but also the terrible price people pay for decieving otheres...and thenselves'
(and perhaps also for starting sentences with but??)

Yes, I enjoyed this, but not as much as other Lynley stories as I did feel I was being lectured on race relations in a particularly ham fisted way.The story was good, with some really believable 'red herrings' thrown in...but we did rather rack up the possible prejudices - race, religion, professional women, gay rights,town versus country, university eduaction versus the university of life, the baddies were still the Germans!
The plot twisted and tuned as only a Lynley can and I missed the real villain by a mile, though ended up feeling a bit cheated that some of the unpleasant people I met en route ended up not being the baddie!

This copy is now available, if you'd like it let me know. Otherwise it will find its way out into the wild in the next couple of weeks.