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What Came Before He Shot Her

An Inspector Lynley Novel, Book 14

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What Came Before He Shot Her

By: Elizabeth George
Narrated by: Inika Leigh Wright
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The shocking conclusion of Elizabeth George's previous bestseller, With No One As Witness, saw the wife of New Scotland Yard's Thomas Lynley gunned down in the street outside her home. Under arrest for the crime is a twelve-year-old boy, Joel Campbell. What possible motive could he have? What chain of events could have led such a child from the housing estates of North Kensington to the elegant streets of Belgravia with such deadly intent? The answer to these questions is a complex mixture of fate and circumstance. Abandoned (albeit involuntarily) by his parents, Joel and two siblings are dumped on the doorstep of his aunt's house. Kendra, childless and with two marriages behind her, is doing her best to turn her life around; responsibility for three troubled children is not what she had in mind. Drugs, neglect, violence and poverty are commonplace in North Kensington. Joel does his best to look out for his family, but that involves a Faustian pact. And the Devil will have his pay.

©2007 Elizabeth George (P)2007 ISIS Publishing Ltd Crime Fiction Mystery Fiction Marriage Suspense

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a very good story. well written and excellently told. the story teller was a very accomplished narrator.

good yarn.

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Very very good storyline.. The narrator was very good with the characters. Looking forward the next Inspector Linley book.

Good read

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Those who have followed the progress of Elizabeth George’s characters will know that this book runs in parallel to that confronting Inspector Lynley with the murder of his wife. Here we meet the dysfunctional family to which the boy arrested in the parallel book belongs. This is a sad but all too realistic interpretation of lives marked by poverty and criminality from their early years. Well researched and written, the narration is also excellent bringing a difficult story to life.

Gripping Story

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Great storytelling. Interestingly plot line, deviating from Linley and back again. Performance was ok, but many of the accents were irritating and some of the pronunciation incorrect. Overall very good though.

Good story

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I have listened to this 2x as the characters fascinate me, the dramatic irony, marvellous characterisation and all the time you are wondering who is going to shoot who? With its tragic conclusion I wish there was a sequel to this actual story!

Well narrated, fascinating

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This was not a police/detective story as expected from an inspector Linley mystery. If I want a socially history of this kind I will look elsewhere, and resent my payment for this

Hated, totally hated

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This is the first book I have ever reviewed but it annoyed me so much on so many levels, I felt I had to to stop someone else wasting their money and time.

It was misleading of ER to market this book as an Inspector Lynley novel as it clearly was not what one would expect from a Lynley mystery. I did not enjoy the storyline or narrator's voice and I struggled to listen to the end, I only managed that by fast forwarding through several paragraphs.

The book was meant to explain the chain of events leading to Helen Lynley's murder but became a self-indulgent unpleasant analysis of social breakdown and how crime stems from that. It seems from the book that the poor and disadvantaged people are on a path of self-destruction, with no self-discipline and no empathy or even warmth towards one another. I found the stereotyping of all the 'groups' of characters insulting from many perspectives, " the incompetent, naive, bullying social worker"; "the friendly, wise Asian"; "the black gangers" and "the nasty racist policeman".

The least enjoyable book I have listened to for a long time.

What a waste of a credit!

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Found it very difficult to listen to this Narrator with her very irritating childrens voices. Tried a few times to give it a chance but i couldn't bare it. Waste of money.

Big disapointment

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