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alysona's review against another edition
4.0
I liked that the focus was away from Lynley, but this book made Simon and Deborah less likeable. I had just reread [b:The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society|2728527|The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society|Mary Ann Shaffer|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1267058798s/2728527.jpg|2754161], so this made a nice follow up with the same setting.
majkia's review against another edition
4.0
A Surprise change up with Deborah and Simon the leads with Lynley merely a voice on the phone.
mccosgrove's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
nonna7's review against another edition
3.0
When I read the last Elizabeth George book before this one, I thought I had caught up in the series. Then I found this hidden in the stacks of books. This is, as usual, very long - in this case 779 pages for this particular edition.
This was a page turner in the sense that her books are page turners. There is so much in these books - discussions of marriage, friendship and more.
The book opens in California with a young woman, China, who is a photographer specializing in architecture. Her brother is Cherokee. He's a scammer and ne'er do well, but she IS her brother, and she loves him. She has broken up with her long time boyfriend, Matt, a filmmaker she met when she was 17. She is feeling despondent when Cherokee tells her he has a job that pays $5000 to act as a courier for some architectural plans that need to go from California to Guernsey. Of course China is immediately suspicious. Who wouldn't be? In the end she agrees.
They deliver the goods to the owner, Guy, a wealthy Jewish WW2 holocaust survivor, who lives in a beautiful mansion on the island of Guernsey. He is a benefactor for many on the island including two teenagers - a beautiful young man he calls "My Prince" and an equally beautiful young woman.
Of course he is murdered. China is charged with the murder. It turns out that China and Cherokee were friends with Deborah St James when she was living in California and engaged in a love affair with Lynley.
This is a long and involved book with a cast of characters, nearly all of whom have a motive for murder. Guy may have been a survivor, but he wasn't a particularly nice guy in a lot of ways.
I liked this book right up to the end. It's not that I was rooting for anyone to be the murderer. It's just as if George had decided on one person then couldn't bear for it to be that person so went on to another. There's a lot left unexplained: how did the murderer accomplish all of this? Why such an intricate plot?
Still, it is an interesting book, just not my favorite of the books I've read in the series.
This was a page turner in the sense that her books are page turners. There is so much in these books - discussions of marriage, friendship and more.
The book opens in California with a young woman, China, who is a photographer specializing in architecture. Her brother is Cherokee. He's a scammer and ne'er do well, but she IS her brother, and she loves him. She has broken up with her long time boyfriend, Matt, a filmmaker she met when she was 17. She is feeling despondent when Cherokee tells her he has a job that pays $5000 to act as a courier for some architectural plans that need to go from California to Guernsey. Of course China is immediately suspicious. Who wouldn't be? In the end she agrees.
They deliver the goods to the owner, Guy, a wealthy Jewish WW2 holocaust survivor, who lives in a beautiful mansion on the island of Guernsey. He is a benefactor for many on the island including two teenagers - a beautiful young man he calls "My Prince" and an equally beautiful young woman.
Of course he is murdered. China is charged with the murder. It turns out that China and Cherokee were friends with Deborah St James when she was living in California and engaged in a love affair with Lynley.
This is a long and involved book with a cast of characters, nearly all of whom have a motive for murder. Guy may have been a survivor, but he wasn't a particularly nice guy in a lot of ways.
I liked this book right up to the end. It's not that I was rooting for anyone to be the murderer. It's just as if George had decided on one person then couldn't bear for it to be that person so went on to another. There's a lot left unexplained: how did the murderer accomplish all of this? Why such an intricate plot?
Still, it is an interesting book, just not my favorite of the books I've read in the series.
ashak's review against another edition
4.0
Yet another enjoyable read set in the island of Guernsey.
Reading it made me feel as though I have just been there.
A great read. For a detailed review click on the link below or paste it onto your browser.
http://onerightword.blogspot.co.uk/2015/12/place-of-hiding-elizabeth-george.html
Reading it made me feel as though I have just been there.
A great read. For a detailed review click on the link below or paste it onto your browser.
http://onerightword.blogspot.co.uk/2015/12/place-of-hiding-elizabeth-george.html
marystevens's review against another edition
2.0
Not a Lynley/Havers. It’s Simon and Deborah who is insufferable from start to finish. Very convoluted plot. The other characters are painful to watch either because they are so dreadful themselves or because they’re nice but other people are treating them so badly. Altogether not an enjoyable read.
ladylucky's review against another edition
4.0
Elizabeth George's novels are always very long. Personally, I am of the opinion that they tend to be TOO long and that some of the detail can be a bit long winded. However, one cannot argue that the stories are always really interesting and the plot twists leaves the reader thinking "I never saw THAT coming." If the novel was not so very long winded, I might have given it a rating of five stars. It was a really fine story, though. And I would recommend it to others.... provided they don't mind a long read.
amandahollander26's review against another edition
3.0
I go back and forth about Elizabeth George, but in the end, she always has a clever mystery even if its not the most elegantly written.
amothersmusings1's review against another edition
4.0
I love Inspector Lynley books by Elizabeth George, they are well written traditional British police procedural stories that have great characters and excellent storylines. Not to everyone's taste as can be slow going and don't usually have the gore and violence so many of today's novels have, but are a great read and would recommend.