A review by retiredlibrarylady
Deception on His Mind by Elizabeth George

5.0

Continuing the Lynley series; this one I definitely had not read. Barbara Havers has this one all to herself; she is on break after the beating she took in the last one. She goes to Balfor-le-Nez because her neighbor has gone and she sees on the news that there has been a death and the local Pakistanis are protesting... Once there, she inserts herself into the police investigation led by an acquaintance. It gets very complicated and the ending is a complete surprise. There is definitely a loose end, hopefully to be sorted out in the next book in the series.
It was really good to have Havers the main character and to get to know Taymullah Azhar and Hadiyyah better. The deep dive into attitudes toward "coloured" people in England was enlightening. A good read even if none of the previous ones were known.