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A review by we_are_all_mad_here26
A Suitable Vengeance by Elizabeth George
4.0
My favorite so far, which is weird because I was kind of dreading this prequel to the Inspector Lynley series - right or wrong, I always think a prequel can only be boring. I want to know what happens next. I do not care what happened before.
I'm not even sure what made this one better. It still contained words like "glaucous" and "furcate" and one word (which I have thankfully forgotten) had no dictionary entry at all on Kindle. It also outdid itself in the "Lords and Ladies ignore horrific crimes because they are Lords and Ladies and thus feel they have that option." On the bright side the pacing was good, the mystery was interesting and the angst struck me as less extreme than in previous books.
Had I lost my patience with this one I might have ended my engagement with Inspector Lynley immediately. As it stands he has been redeemed somewhat but is still on book probation, so to speak. On to #5.
I'm not even sure what made this one better. It still contained words like "glaucous" and "furcate" and one word (which I have thankfully forgotten) had no dictionary entry at all on Kindle. It also outdid itself in the "Lords and Ladies ignore horrific crimes because they are Lords and Ladies and thus feel they have that option." On the bright side the pacing was good, the mystery was interesting and the angst struck me as less extreme than in previous books.
Had I lost my patience with this one I might have ended my engagement with Inspector Lynley immediately. As it stands he has been redeemed somewhat but is still on book probation, so to speak. On to #5.