Careless in Red

Careless in Red by Elizabeth George picks up after the sorrowful death of one of Elizabeth George's most lovely characters. (Now I AM in a quandary, for, if you haven't read the series you will hardly want this plot point revealed) Suffice it to say.....we are in a stormy and windswept Cornwall, where Thomas Lynley finds a dead body washed up on the rocks.  As he is the first on the scene, he becomes part of the investigation, along with the mysterious woman who's cottage he breaks into in order to phone the local police. 

 

Aside from all the parts I can't tell you, the mystery crackles along in George's inimitable style..she carefully paints the picture of the British seaside surfing community and captures the melancholy of the place and the time.  A gentle page turner, with a great psychological core.