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Title	:	A Traitor to Memory (Inspector Lynley #11)
Author	:	Elizabeth George
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 1009 pages
Published	:	August 27th 2002 by Bantam (first published 2001)
Categories	:	Mystery. Fiction. Crime

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When Eugenie Davies is killed by a driver on a quiet London street, her death is clearly no accident. Someone struck her with a car and then deliberately ran over her body before driving off, leaving nothing behind but questions.
What brought Eugenie Davies to London on a rainy autumn night? Why was she carrying the name of the man who found her body? Who among the many acquaintances in her complicated and tragic life could have wanted her dead? And could her murder have some connection to a twenty-eight-year-old musical wunderkind, a virtuoso violinist who several months earlier suddenly and inexplicably lost the ability to play a single note?
For Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley, whose own domestic life is about to change radically, these questions are only the first in an investigation that leads him to walk a fine line between personal loyalty and professional honor.
Assigned to the case by his superior, Superintendent Malcolm Webberly, Lynley learns that Webberly's first murder investigation as a DI over twenty years ago involved Eugenie Davies and a sensational criminal trial. Yet what is truly damaging is what Webberly already knows and no doubt wants Lynley to keep concealed.
Now the pressure is on Lynley to find Eugenie Davies' killer. For not only is he putting his own career into jeopardy, but he is also attempting to safeguard the careers of his longtime partners Barbara Havers and Winston Nkata. Together, they must untangle the dark secrets and darker passions of a family whose history conceals the truth behind a horrific crime. "From the Hardcover edition."

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Original Title:	A Traitor to Memory
ISBN:	0553582364 (ISBN13: 9780553582369)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Inspector Lynley #11
Characters:	Thomas Lynley, Barbara Havers, Lady Helen Clyde, Simon St. James, Deborah St. James, Winston Nkata, Gideon Davies, Eugenie Davies, Ted Wiley, Richard Davies, Jill Foster, Malcolm Webberly, J.W. Pitchley, Raphael Robson, Katja Wolff, Yasmin Edwards, Libby Neale
Setting:	United Kingdom

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"A Traitor To Memory" is not a book to forget (so to speak). I wasn't sure I would like to book initially as there were disparate stories that seem weird and unrelated. However, they soon coalesced and I was carried away for all 1000 pages. The plot revolves around the murder of a woman whose son, Gideon, was a child violin prodigy. Gideon had an episode at a concert where he could not play. His story is told in written accounts to his psychiatrist. The mismatched Detective Sergeant Barbara

This, as noted in another entry here, was a discovery. Found at daughter-in-law's house and taken up without much faith in the fact that I'd actually finish the 719-page hardcover. But I did and it's led me back to the first of the Inspector Lynley mysteries, with a lot of catching up to do.Ms. George is a very lush writer. Her details are very . . well, detailed and she has a way of making you see, hear, feel and sometimes even taste what her character's are seeing, hearing, feeling. There's a

2 ½ stars, if we could do that here.a bit iffy about this one. george loves the convoluted, which is great for keeping readers turning the pages, trying to unspool the threads. but i do feel, sometimes, that too much goes on in some of her stories - and i felt that was the case with this one, book #11 in the series. there are, of course, the crimes to contend with, and the cast of characters connected to them. and out it goes, and out it goes until everyone involved has their own tale as well;

A Traitor to Memory, by Elizabeth George is a compelling, fascinating book. Its a long book over 1000 pages long but the writing is strong, the plot well-conceived, and the characters well developed. Holding A Traitor to Memory together is the story of Gideon, a violin virtuoso, and originally a child prodigy. We read his journal entries, written to his psychiatrist, and learn with Gideon about the tragedy in his familys past. One way to describe Elizabeth Georges writing is research,

Why oh why did I mentally promise to read all the books in this series? The series has such potential. Sir Thomas Lynley, Eighth Earl of Asherton juxtaposed with blue collar Barbara Havers provides tension and opportunity for demonstrating how each one's background affects how they view and interact with homicide suspects. The back story of each of these main characters also lends depth to each of these murder mysteries. I lost patience with the pouty Lady Helen, Lynley's true love, early on,

Book 11 in the Inspector Lynley series"A traitor to Memory" is a complex novel, large in scope and one that encompasses the psyches of many of its characters. Unlike the previous novels, Lynley and Harvers take a back seat to let Gideon be the star.I will be brief in my summary; this story is intricate and over 1000 pages, it includes hidden agendas, secrets in the closet and a fair amount of danger.It opens with the death of Eugenie Davis in a deliberate hit and run "accident". Superintendent

I think A Traitor to Memory was an interesting book to read. It dissects a dysfunctional family which rotates around two human suns made important by family dynamics, a son and an obsessive father. First is the musical prodigy, Gideon Davies, who is a minor sensation in classical music circles, a favored child and now adult whose career everyone in the Davies world must support. The father, Richard Davies, forces the entire family into a supplementary role behind Gideons talent in every way.