Missing Joseph

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Bantam Books, 1993 - 567 pages
Deborah 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 bleak news: The vicar of Wimslough, the man they had come to see, is dead--a victim of accidental poisoning. Unsatisfied with the
inquest ruling and unsettled by the close association between the investigating constable and the woman who served the deadly meal, Simon calls in his old friend Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley. Together they uncover dark, complex relationships in this rural village, relationships that bring men and women
together with a passion, with grief, or with the intention to kill. Peeling away layer after layer of personal history to reveal the torment of a fugitive spirit, "Missing Joseph is award-winning author Elizabeth George's greatest achievement.
 

Contents

Section 1
3
Section 2
33
Section 3
44
Section 4
61
Section 5
74
Section 6
95
Section 7
113
Section 8
132
Section 17
313
Section 18
332
Section 19
346
Section 20
364
Section 21
382
Section 22
401
Section 23
424
Section 24
444

Section 9
149
Section 10
169
Section 11
192
Section 12
212
Section 13
238
Section 14
259
Section 15
275
Section 16
292
Section 25
461
Section 26
484
Section 27
499
Section 28
517
Section 29
534
Section 30
555
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About the author (1993)

Elizabeth George’s first novel, A Great Deliverance, was honored with the Anthony and Agatha Best First Novel Awards and received the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière. Her third novel, Well-Schooled in Murder, was awarded the prestigious German prize for suspense fiction, the MIMI. A Suitable Vengeance, For the Sake of Elena, Missing Joseph, Playing for the Ashes, In the Presence of the Enemy, Deception on His Mind, In Pursuit of the Proper Sinner, A Traitor to Memory, and I, Richard were international bestsellers. Elizabeth George divides her time between Huntington Beach, California, and London. Her novels are currently being dramatized by the BBC.

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