The unspoken secrets and buried lies of one family rise to the surface in this stunning crime
drama featuring Scotland Yard members Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley and Detective Sergeant
Barbara Havers from #1 New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth George. As Inspector Thomas
Lynley investigates the London angle of an ever more darkly disturbing case his partner
Barbara Havers is looking behind the peaceful façade of country life to discover a twisted
world of desire and deceit. The suicide of William Goldacre is devastating to those left behind
who will have to deal with its unintended consequences-could there be a link between the young
man's leap from a Dorset cliff and a horrific poisoning in Cambridge? After various issues with
her department Barbara Havers is desperate to redeem herself. So when a past encounter gives
her a connection to the unsolved Cambridge murder Barbara begs Thomas Lynley to let her pursue
the crime knowing one mistake could mean the end of her career. Full of shocks intensity and
suspense from the first page to the last A Banquet of Consequences reveals both Lynley and
Havers under mounting pressure to solve a case both complicated and deeply disturbing. Story
Locale: London Dorset Publication History: Viking HC (10 15)
