The New York Times bestselling authorrsquos award-winning series returns with another stunning crime drama featuring Scotland Yard members Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley and Detective Sergeant Barbara HaversThe unspoken secrets and buried lies of one family rise to the surface in Elizabeth Georgersquos novel of crime passion and tragic history As Inspector Thomas Lynley investigates the London angle of an ever more darkly disturbing case his partner Barbara Havers is looking behind the peaceful faccedilade of country life to discover a twisted world of desire deceit and murderThe suicide of William Goldacre is devastating to those left behind But what was the cause of his tragedy and how far might the consequences reach Is there a link between the young mans leap from a Dorset cliff and a horrific poisoning in CambridgeAfter various career-threatening issues with her department Barbara Havers is desperate to redeem herself So when a past encounter with a bestselling feminist writer and her pushy personal assistant gives her a connection to the Cambridge murder Barbara begs Thomas Lynley to let her pursue the crimeFull of shocks intensity and suspense from first page to last A Banquet of Consequences reveals both Lynley and Havers under mounting pressure to solve one of the most complex cases they have ever encountered.
