num_pages: 619
description: "The story begins with my father, actually, and the fact that I'm the one who's answerable for his death.  It was not my first crime, as you will see, but it is the one my mother couldn't forgive."In her astonishing New York Times bestseller, acclaimed author Elizabeth George reveals the even darker truth behind this startling confession. Playing for the Ashes is a rich tale of passion, murder and love in which Inspector Thomas Lynley and Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers once again find themselves embroiled in a case where nothing—and no one—is really what it seems.  Intense, suspenseful and brilliantly written, Playing for theAshes will make readers "search out the sleuthing pair's first six adventures...a treasure," as Cosmopolitan predicted in their review.
language: English
title: Playing for the Ashes
titlecomplete: Playing for the Ashes (Inspector Lynley, #7)
characters: Kenneth Fleming, Winston Nkata, Chris Faraday, Barbara Havers, Miriam Whitelaw, Lady Helen Clyde, Olivia Whitelaw, Jean Cooper, Thomas Lynley, Jimmy Cooper, Isabelle Ardery
genres: Crime, Suspense, Thriller, Mystery Thriller, Contemporary, Fiction, Detective, Murder Mystery, Mystery, British Literature
ratings_count: 17029
places: United Kingdom
series: Inspector Lynley
publisher: Bantam