And as their investigations move from Westminster to Wiltshire, Lynley and Havers discover that treachery and betrayal lie perilously close to home. Only when events take an unbearable turn is New Scotland Yard brought in, in the guise of Inspector Thomas Lynley and his partner, Barbara Havers. And Eve refuses to involve the police, convinced that Charlotte's disappearance is just one more shabby tabloid ploy. To save the life of his child, Luxford must expose the girl's mother - Eve Bowen, now Under Secretary of State for the Home Office. But this time the scoop involves his own daughter.

As the editor of a popular left-wing tabloid, Dennis Luxford has made a career out of scandal. 'About this title' may belong to another edition of this title.īook Description Paperback. * The Sun, Baltimore Copyright © 1996 by Susan Elizabeth George. 'A master of the modern English mystery.'- Entertainment Weekly George proves that the classiest crime writers are true novelists.'- The New York Times Book Review George can do it all, with style to spare.'- The Wall Street Journal But Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley and Sergeant Barbara Havers soon learn that nothing in this investigation is what it appears to be, and that in betrayal and deception, lies death.

When a young girl disappears from the streets of London without a trace, her mother, a well-respected MP, is convinced she knows the identity of the kidnapper-the child's father. With In The Presence Of The Enemy, her finest work yet, George once again explores the incendiary themes of passion and betrayal that have made her a master of the genre she has made so distinctly her own-the classic detective story that is also a richly creative novel. Elizabeth George has been hailed as 'an master practitioner of the modern English mystery'* and each of her previous seven novels has been an international bestseller.

Lynley in the presence of the enemy