Playing for the Ashes |  | Author: Elizabeth George
Publisher: Thorndike Pr
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  46 reviews
Sales Rank: 1839564
Format: Large Print
Media: Hardcover
Edition: Large Prnt
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 945
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.4
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 5.8 x 1.8
ISBN: 0786202815
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780786202812
ASIN: 0786202815
Publication Date: December 1994
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Condition: A nice ex-library copy. Gently used. The edges are dirty and this book smells musty. Softly worn around edges and corners. Binding solid.This book is not aligned correctly.
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"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 the
Ashes will make readers "search out the sleuthing pair's first six adventures... a treasure," as Cosmopolitan predicted in their review.
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 Not my cup of tea June 8, 2008
I gather from reading other reviews that Playing For the Ashes is typical of Elizabeth George's work, i.e. it features lengthy (and I mean really lengthy) digressions involving characters who may or may not end up being important in the end. George appears to have an excellent ear for British English. She does what she does very well, but if you prefer a fairly straightforward police procedural, you probably won't enjoy this.
 Playing for the ashes January 8, 2008
This is a great Inspector Lynley Mystery book written by Elizabeth George.. It is over 600 pages long and is a book you don't want to put down before you finished it.
Deep knowledge of the human mind November 10, 2006
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Like allways in EG's mysteries, excellent plot and well-defined characters. She must have some studies in psychology! Made me loose some sleep, as I stayed awake reading... And it made me like Lynely even more, with all his stong and not-so-strong points, which make him "human" (if I can say that about a character...)
 playing for the ashes February 6, 2006
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
In this mystery, champion English cricketeer Kenneth Fleming is found dead as a result of arson. Because he doesn't smoke, the
scenario looks like possible arson. The suspects include his wife and eldest son, as well as the older teacher and mentor with whom he has a complex relationship. Half the book is narrated by the wayward daughter of the teacher, who is dying from ALS and whose troubled relationship with her mother she is pressed to resolve by her animal-rights activist boyfriend.
As usual, George does parent-child dynamics very well. Less interesting is the relationship between Lynley and his upper crust wife, but perhaps I'm in the minority.
Agnonizing and Inspiring August 5, 2005
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
How grateful I am to have recently stumbled upon Elizabeth George's extraordinary mystery novels. I have acquired all of them now, but after reading two in a row, I feel I need to come up for air.
Playing for the Ashes is a heart-rending example of the law of natural consequences, not only for the self-flagelating Olivia and her savior, Chris, but also for all the other pain-wracked characters. The ARM storyline gave me strong ambivilent feelings: as an animal lover, I was horrified; as a possible future beneficiary of medical research, I was grudgingly accepting. Lots of parallels existed between Livie and the broken animals she rescued.
And, speaking of parallels, in the light of her last request to her mother, I felt like Olivia had spent her entire life "playing for the ashes."
If you have a tendency to skim over parts of dialogue to get the the "good stuff," don't do it in this case. Put the book down for a little while & then pick it back up & read and appreciate every word.
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