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Susan Elizabeth George (born February 26, 1949) is an American writer of mystery novels set in Great Britain. She is best known for a series of novels featuring Inspector Thomas Lynley. The 21st book in the series appeared in January 2022. The first 11 were adapted for television by the BBC as earlier episodes of The Inspector Lynley Mysteries. Biography Elizabeth George was born in Warren, Ohio, the second child of Robert Edwin and Anne (née Rivelle) George. She has an older brother, author Robert Rivelle George. Her mother was a nurse, and her father a manager for a conveyor company. The family moved to the San Francisco Bay Area when she was 18 months old as her father wanted to get away from Midwestern weather. She was a student of English, having received a teaching certificate from the University of California, Riverside. While teaching English in the public school system, she completed a master's degree in counseling and psychology. She received an honorary doctorate in humane letters from Cal State University Fullerton in 2004 and was awarded an honorary Masters in Fine Arts from the Northwest Institute of Literary Arts in 2010. She also established the Elizabeth George Foundation in 1997. George married Ira Jay Toibin in 1971 and they divorced in 1995. George is currently married to Tom McCabe. Career Her first published novel was A Great Deliverance (1988). It introduces Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley, in private life the Earl of Asherton, privately educated (Eton College and Oxford University); his partner Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers, grammar-school-educated and from a working-class background—both from Scotland Yard; Helen Clyde, Lynley's girlfriend and later wife; and Lynley's former school friend, the forensic scientist Simon St. James and his wife, Deborah. Awards George's first novel, A Great Deliverance, was favorably received by the mystery fiction community. It won the Agatha Award for Best First Novel in 1988 and the 1989 Anthony Award in the same category. It was nominated for an Edgar Award in 1988. Bibliography Fiction: Inspector Lynley 1988: A Great Deliverance (ISBN 9780553278026) 1989: Payment in Blood (ISBN 9780553284362) 1990: Well-Schooled in Murder (ISBN 9780553287349) 1991: A Suitable Vengeance (ISBN 9780553295603) 1992: For the Sake of Elena (ISBN 9780553561272) 1992: Missing Joseph (ISBN 9780553566048) 1993: Playing for the Ashes (ISBN 9780553092622) 1996: In the Presence of the Enemy (ISBN 9780553092653) 1997: Deception on His Mind (ISBN 9780553102345) 1999: In Pursuit of the Proper Sinner (ISBN 9780553102352) 2001: A Traitor to Memory (ISBN 9780553801279) 2003: A Place of Hiding (ISBN 9780553801309) 2005: With No One as Witness (ISBN 9780060798451) 2006: What Came Before He Shot Her (ISBN 9780060545628) 2008: Careless in Red (ISBN 9780061160875) 2010: This Body of Death (ISBN 9780061160882) 2012: Believing The Lie (ISBN 9780525952589) 2013: Just One Evil Act (ISBN 9781444706000) 2015: A Banquet of Consequences (ISBN 9780525954330) 2018: The Punishment She Deserves (ISBN 978-1444786613) 2022: Something to Hide (ISBN 9780593296844) Whidbey Island Saga 2012: The Edge of Nowhere (The Edge of Nowhere: Saratoga Woods or The Edge of Nowhere 01: The Dog House) (ISBN 9781444719956) 2013: The Edge of the Water (The Edge of the Water: Saratoga Woods) (ISBN 9780670012978) 2015: The Edge of the Shadows (ISBN 9780670012985) 2016: The Edge of the Light (ISBN 9780670012992) Short story collections 2001: The Evidence Exposed (ISBN 9780340750636; Short story collection UK) 2002: I, Richard (ISBN 9780553802580; short story collection) 2004: A Moment on the Edge: 100 Years of Crime Stories by Women (editor; ISBN 978-0-06-058821-2) Non-fiction 2004: Write Away (ISBN 9780060560423) 2020: Mastering the Process - from Idea to Novel References. Discover the Elizabeth George popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Elizabeth George books.
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Behind the Palace Doors
Michael FarquharSpanning 500 years of British history, a revealing look at the secret lives of some great (and notsogreat) Britons, courtesy of one of the world’s most engaging royal historians ...
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A Banquet of Consequences
Elizabeth George“George’s mystery unfolds with great psychological depth, finely drawn characters and gorgeous portraits of the English countryside. . . . [George] is an essential writer of popula...
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Payment in Blood
Elizabeth George“The Lynley books constitute the smartest, most gratifyingly complex and impassioned mysteries now being published.”Entertainment WeeklyThe career of playwright Joy Sinclair comes ...
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Missing Joseph
Elizabeth GeorgeDeborah and Simon St. James have taken a holiday in the winter landscape of Lancastershire, hoping to heal the growing rift in their marriage. But in the barren countryside awaits...
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Goliath
Matt Stoller“Every thinking American must read” (The Washington Book Review) this startling and “insightful” (The New York Times) look at how concentrated financial power and consumerism has t...
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Not in the Flesh
Ruth RendellA new Chief Inspector Wexford mystery from the author who Time magazine has called “the best mystery writer in the Englishspeaking world.” When the trufflehunting dog starts to dig...
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Freethinkers
Susan JacobyAn authoritative history of the vital role of secularist thinkers and activists in the United States, from a writer of "fierce intelligence and nimble, unfettered imagination" (The...
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Richard III
William ShakespeareThe authoritative edition of Richard III from The Folger Shakespeare Library, the trusted and widely used Shakespeare series for students and general readers.In Richard III, Shakes...
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The Punishment She Deserves
Elizabeth GeorgeNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERDetective Sergeant Barbara Havers and Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley are forced to confront the past as they try to solve a crime that threatens to tear...
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Alexander Hamilton and the Battle of Yorktown, October 1781
Phillip Thomas TuckerDiscover the littleknown role Alexander Hamilton played in the decisive battle of the American Revolution: Yorktown.Alexander Hamilton and the Battle of Yorktown, October 1781 is t...
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Playing for the Ashes
Elizabeth GeorgeNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Those who haven’t discovered Elizabeth George . . . should rush to read Playing for the Ashes.”Us“The story begins with my father, actually, and the fac...
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The Tapestry
Nancy BilyeauThe next pageturner in the awardwinning Joanna Stafford series takes place in the heart of the Tudor court, as she risks everything to defy the most powerful men of her era.Henry V...
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North By Northanger, or The Shades of Pemberley
Carrie BebrisNamed Best Historical Mystery of 2006 by Romantic Times BOOKreviews!After the intrigues and excitements of their time in the city, the Darcys are more than prepared for a bit of pe...
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My Husband and I
Ingrid SewardFor more than 70 years, the marriage of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip was at the centre of the nation's life. Now, in My Husband and I, Ingrid Seward reveals the real story ...
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The Queen Mother
Lady Colin CampbellPacked with stunning revelations, this is the inside story of The Queen Mother from the New York Times bestselling author who first revealed the truth about Princess DianaQueen Eli...
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My Kingdom for a Horse
Ed WestFrom William Shakespeare's series of history dramas to Sir Walter Scott and George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire, not to mention the smashhit TV show Game of Thrones, the Br...
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The Royal Secret
Lucinda RileyNote to readers: In the UK, this book is published under the title The Love Letter.“Plenty of twists, flashbacks, and a dash of romance keep the suspense high. For anyone looking f...
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The Hamilton Affair
Elizabeth CobbsA New York Times Bestseller and one of the best historical fiction books of 2016 and 2017!“A juicy answer to Ron Chernow's Alexander Hamilton…” CosmopolitanSet against the dramatic...
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Birds of a Lesser Paradise
Megan Mayhew BergmanAn “astonishing debut collection, by a writer reminiscent of such greats as Alice Munro, Elizabeth Strout, and even Chekhov” (Sara Gruen, author of Water for Elephants), focusing o...
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William and Kate
Christopher AndersenWith a new chapter on the birth of the royal baby and 17 new photos, the complete story of the romance and marriage of William and Kate and their son, George Alexander Louis Windso...
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The Little Princesses
Marion CrawfordOnce upon a time, in 1930s England, there were two little princesses named Elizabeth and Margaret Rose. Their father was the Duke of York, the second son of King George V, and the...
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The Intrigue at Highbury
Carrie BebrisMr. and Mrs. Darcy are looking forward to a relaxing stay with dear friends when their carriage is hailed by a damselindistress outside of the village of Highbury. Little do the Da...
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The Real Elizabeth
Andrew MarrA surprising and very personal biography of a woman who may be the world's last great queen, published to coincide with the sixtieth anniversary of her reignElizabeth II, one of En...
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The Body in the Castle Well
Martin WalkerAnother installment in the delightful, internationally acclaimed series featuring Chief of Police Bruno: When a young American woman turns up dead in the courtyard of an ancie...
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Vertigo 42
Martha GrimesThe inimitable Richard Jury returns in the latest in the bestselling mystery series: “Martha Grimes has written a whodunit with terrific characters and a grand plot mixed with her ...
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The Book of Magic
Gardner Dozois, George R.R. Martin, Scott Lynch, Elizabeth Bear & Garth NixA new anthology celebrating the witches and sorcerers of epic fantasyfeaturing stories by George R. R. Martin, Scott Lynch, Megan Lindholm, and many others! Hot on the heels of Gar...
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Something to Hide
Elizabeth GeorgeAn Instant New York Times Bestseller! Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers and Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley are back in the next Lynley novel from #1 New York Times bestsell...
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Well-Schooled in Murder
Elizabeth George“The Lynley books constitute the smartest, most gratifyingly complex and impassioned mystery series now being published.”Entertainment Weekly When thirteenyearold Matthew What...
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Behind the Throne
Adrian TinniswoodAn "enchanting" upstairs/downstairs history of the British royal court, from the Middle Ages to the reign of Queen Elizabeth II (Wall Street Journal). Monarchs: they're just like u...
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The Big New Yorker Book of Cats
The New Yorker Magazine, Haruki Murakami, Calvin Trillin & M.F.K. FisherLook what The New Yorker dragged in! It’s the purrfect gathering of talent celebrating our feline companions.This bountiful collection, beautifully illustrated in fu...
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George VI and Elizabeth
Sally Bedell SmithA revelatory account of how the loving marriage of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth saved the monarchy during World War II, and how they raised their daughter to become Queen Eli...
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Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Spear Reading Group Activity Guide
Jason ElliottThis “Sign of the Beaver” activity guide is set up so it can be used as a unit plan for the teacher, or used by students in literature circles. It is broken up into a 14 day plan, ...
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The Dream Lover
Elizabeth BergNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY USA TODAY Elizabeth Berg has written a lush historical novel based on the sensuous Parisia...
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In Pursuit of the Proper Sinner
Elizabeth GeorgeCalder Moor is a wild and deadly place: many have been trapped in the myriad limestone caves, lost in collapsed copper mines, injured on perilous gritstone ridges. But this time, w...
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The New Royals
Katie NichollVanity FairRoyals correspondent and bestselling author ofWilliam and HarryandKateexplores the remarkable life and legacy of Queen Elizabeth II, with new chapters to include the las...
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Character Is Destiny
John McCain & Mark SalterNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Senator John McCain tells the stories of celebrated historical figures and lesserknown heroes whose values exemplify the best of the human spirit.He illu...
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Pure Murder
Corey MitchellA “compelling” deep dive into the case that rocked Houston, Texas: the horrific murder of two teenage girlsby the bestselling author of Strangler (Suzy Spencer, New York Times–best...
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Speeches That Changed the World
Simon Sebag MontefioreComprehensively updated with many new speeches including Earl Spencer's lament to "The extraordinary and irreplaceable Diana", Nikita Khrushchev's secret speech of 1956 signalling ...
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In the Presence of the Enemy
Elizabeth GeorgeHailed as the "king of sleaze," tabloid editor Dennis Luxford is used to ferreting out the sins and scandals of people in exposed positions. But when he opens an innocuouslooking ...
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Wishful Drinking
Carrie FisherThe bestselling author of Postcards from the Edge comes clean (well, sort of) in her firstever memoir, adapted from her onewoman Broadway hit show. Fisher reveals what it was reall...
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George V
Jane RidleyFrom one of the most beloved and distinguished historians of the British monarchy, here is a lively, intimately detailed biography of a longoverlooked king who reimagined the Crown...
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The Last Queen
Clive IrvingA timely and revelatory new biography of Queen Elizabeth (and her family) exploring how the Windsors have evolved and thrived, as the modern world has changed around them. ...
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Eliza Hamilton
Tilar J. MazzeoFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Irena’s Children comes a “vivid, compelling, and unputdownable new biography” (Christopher Andersen, #1 New York Times bestselling aut...
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Elizabeth I
Margaret GeorgeThe New York Times bestseller from Margaret Georgea captivating novel about history's most enthralling queen, the legendary Elizabeth I.England’s greatest monarch has baffled and i...
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For the Sake of Elena
Elizabeth GeorgeElena Weaver was a surprise to anyone meeting her for the first time. In her clingy dresses and dangling earrings she exuded a sexuality at odds with the innocence projected by ...
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Shockaholic
Carrie FisherThis memoir from the bestselling author of Postcards from the Edge and Wishful Drinking gives you an intimate, gossipfilled look at what it’s like to be the daughter of Hollywood r...