Summary
In North Kensington three orphaned mixed-race children are bounced from one home to another. The middle child Joel takes care of the youngest, Toby, who isn't quite right. When a local gang threatens Toby, Joel makes a pact with the devil that ends in the murder of Thomas Lynley's wife. Full description
Series: Thomas Lynley mysteries
A great deliverance (Volume 0001)
Payment in blood (Volume 0002)
Well-schooled in murder (Volume 0003)
A suitable vengeance (Volume 0004)
Missing Joseph (Volume 0006)
In the presence of the enemy (Volume 0008)
Deception on his mind (Volume 0009)
In pursuit of the proper sinner (Volume 0010)
A traitor to memory (Volume 0011)
A place of hiding (Volume 0012)
With no one as witness (Volume 0013)
What came before he shot her (Volume 0014)
Careless in red (Volume 0015)
This body of death (Volume 0016)
Believing the lie (Volume 0017)
Just one evil act (Volume 0018)
A banquet of consequences (Volume 0019)
The punishment she deserves (Volume 0020)
Something to hide: a Lynley novel (Volume 0021)