A Slowly Dying Cause

Detectives Barbara Havers and Thomas Lynley return in A Slowly Dying Cause , the brand-new Lynley novel from Sunday Times bestselling author Elizabeth George. Amid the beauty of Cornwall''s coastline, the death of a local man shatters the peace with its violence. The body of Michael Lobb was discovered in his family''s tin and pewter workshop and Detective Inspector Beatrice Hannaford is brought in to investigate. Suspicion quickly develops when it emerges that a mining company had been trying to buy the man''s land and Lobb was the only remaining obstacle to the deal going through. But every step of Bea''s investigation provokes more questions than answers and the complexity of the case develops further as Lobb''s family life, rife with mistrust and deception, comes to light. With cryptic alibis and shifting motives, the tangled web of intrigue soon draws in her colleagues Thomas Lynley and Barbara Havers, who must search for a killer in a community that has very little trust in outsiders . . .

About the author

Elizabeth George is the No. 1 New York Times, London Times and Der Spiegel bestselling author of more than twenty British crime novels featuring Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley. Her novels have been translated into thirty languages and featured on television by the BBC. She has twice been nominated for the Edgar Award and is the recipient of the Anthony Award, the Agatha Award, France’s Grand Prix de Littérature Policière, and Germany’s MIMI.

Product details

• Authors: Elizabeth George
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.09.2025
• EAN: 9781035074624
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3507462-4
• No. of pages: 656
• Dimensions: 169 mm x 248 mm x 55 mm
• Series: Inspector Lynley
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; Cornwall, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Police Procedural, FICTION / Crime, Crime & mystery, FICTION / Thrillers / Crime, FICTION / Small Town & Rural, Thriller / suspense fiction, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Crime and mystery fiction, Crime and mystery: police procedural