Where to Start with Elizabeth George
- What fans keep coming back to → Payment in Blood
- Best narrator for Elizabeth George → The Punishment She Deserves
- Highest rated by listeners → A Suitable Vengeance (Inspector Lynley #4)
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The Punishment She Deserves
Inspector Lynley • Book 20
Narrated by Simon Vance
★ 4.35 ABR Score (21.0K ratings)★ 4.19 Goodreads (19.0K) ★ 4.58 Audible (2.1K)More about this pick
A beloved deacon's mysterious death in police custody unravels decades of buried secrets in medieval Ludlow. Simon Vance expertly handles George's intricate plotting and the complex psychology driving both her investigators and suspects.
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A Banquet of Consequences
Inspector Lynley • Book 19
Narrated by John Lee
★ 3.96 ABR Score (19.9K ratings)★ 3.98 Goodreads (18.6K) ★ 4.28 Audible (1.2K)More about this pick
Family secrets buried for decades explode into murder in George's 19th Inspector Lynley novel, with John Lee's steady narration anchoring the emotional complexity across 21 hours.
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This Body of Death
Inspector Lynley • Book 16
Narrated by John Lee
★ 3.95 ABR Score (20.6K ratings)★ 4.06 Goodreads (19.8K) ★ 4.24 Audible (869)More about this pick
Inspector Lynley returns from compassionate leave as his replacement, DI Isabelle Ardery, tackles a cemetery murder that could make or break her career.
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Just One Evil Act
Inspector Lynley • Book 18
Narrated by Davina Porter
★ 3.71 ABR Score (14.7K ratings)★ 3.8 Goodreads (13.8K) ★ 4.11 Audible (870)More about this pick
Barbara Havers desperately tries to help when her friend's daughter vanishes with her mother, but legal technicalities leave them powerless until the trail leads to Italy. Davina Porter's skilled narration guides you through George's intricate plotting and character development across this lengthy investigation.
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Payment in Blood
Inspector Lynley • Book 2
Narrated by Davina Porter
★ 4.03 ABR Score (26.3K ratings)★ 4.03 Goodreads (25.7K) ★ 4.36 Audible (575)More about this pick
An eighteen-inch dirk through a playwright's neck on a remote Scottish estate launches this intricate murder mystery where English detectives navigate Highland politics and theatrical egos.
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A Suitable Vengeance
Inspector Lynley • Book 4
Narrated by Davina Porter
★ 4.04 ABR Score (19.5K ratings)★ 4.02 Goodreads (18.9K) ★ 4.39 Audible (549)More about this pick
Lynley brings his fiancée to meet his family in Cornwall, where a weekend celebration turns deadly with drug smuggling and murder. Davina Porter captures the class tensions and romantic complications that define George's early character development.
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Believing the Lie
Inspector Lynley • Book 17
Narrated by Davina Porter
★ 3.69 ABR Score (17.0K ratings)★ 3.84 Goodreads (16.2K) ★ 4.06 Audible (878)More about this pick
Inspector Lynley goes undercover to investigate what appears to be an accidental drowning at a wealthy family's request. Davina Porter's 23-hour performance guides listeners through George's intricate web of family secrets and deception.
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Careless in Red
Inspector Lynley • Book 15
Narrated by Charles Keating
★ 3.68 ABR Score (18.1K ratings)★ 3.92 Goodreads (17.6K) ★ 3.97 Audible (502)More about this pick
Inspector Lynley stumbles onto a clifftop murder case while hiking Cornwall's coast, pulling him back into investigation despite his personal grief.
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With No One as Witness
Inspector Lynley • Book 13
Narrated by Charles Keating
★ 3.85 ABR Score (16.1K ratings)★ 4.1 Goodreads (15.7K) ★ 4.09 Audible (362)More about this pick
Charles Keating handles George's complex serial killer investigation with gravity, as Scotland Yard faces both a methodical murderer and accusations of racial bias.
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A Slowly Dying Cause
Inspector Lynley • Book 22
Narrated by Simon Vance
★ 3.93 ABR Score (7.5K ratings)★ 4.08 Goodreads (7.2K) ★ 4.28 Audible (255)More about this pick
Simon Vance guides listeners through Cornwall's tin mining country where Michael Lobb's suspicious death coincides with a mining company's aggressive land acquisition.
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What Came Before He Shot Her
Inspector Lynley • Book 14
Narrated by Charles Keating
★ 3.56 ABR Score (10.4K ratings)★ 3.6 Goodreads (10.2K) ★ 3.95 Audible (217)More about this pick
George traces the North Kensington origins of the twelve-year-old boy who killed Lynley's wife, exploring urban poverty and family breakdown. Charles Keating handles the gritty social realism with appropriate gravity.
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