A Great Deliverance : The First Page-Turning Mystery Featuring Thomas Lynley, now appearing on BBC1 and iPlayer

From the bestselling series that inspired BBC's Lynley, discover how it all began . . . Roberta Teys is found beside her father's headless corpse, wearing her best dress and with an axe in her lap. "I did it. And I am not sorry." She refuses to say more. Inspector Thomas Lynley and DS Barbara Havers are sent by Scotland Yard to investigate.But as they navigate their way around a dark labyrinth of secret scandals and appalling crimes, they uncover a series of shocking revelations that shatter the façade of the peaceful Yorkshire village. Praise for A Great Deliverance:'Ambitious and exotic . . . The climax is startling and disturbing . . . An exciting debut'The Times'An awesome first-fiction venture that immediately thrusts the author into P.D.James' dark orbit'Kirkus'With a lyric sense of language and a cinematic eye for detail, George has constructed a truly fascinating story'Chicago Sun-Times