Format: Hardcover; ISBN: 0553092650; Publisher: Bantam Books; Release Date: Apr 1996; Length: 535 pages; Series: Inspector Lynley (#8). Condition: Good. Dust jacket is in poor shape and covered in tape. Cover still looks decent, binding is intact, and pages are unmarked. Same cover design as that shown here. Synopsis: Elizabeth George, who has been hailed as "an outstanding practitioner of the modern English mystery" (Chicago Tribune), offers her finest work to date--a novel that once again explodes the incendiary themes of passion and betrayal that have made her a master of the genre. Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley and Sergeant Barbara Havers investigate the disappearance of the daughter of a well-respected Member of Parliament. A newspaper editor with whom the parliamentarian had an affair receives a call, threatening the girl's life unless he admits paternity. Inspector Lynley suspects the girl is behind it. Priority Mail delivery for this item costs $8.00 at the request of a buyer. Otherwise, the shipping rate given here applies to orders shipped via Media Mail within the U.S. only. Orders consisting of multiple purchases packaged together ship by any of these delivery methods at a discounted rate, usually for only $1.00 per additional item plus the shipping fee for the first item (determined to be the one with the highest delivery charge). International buyers: please contact us with your destination country for applicable base shipping rates. Multiple purchases that are packaged together save shipping costs for you, too! Payment is expected within two weeks of placing your order for the first item within a shipment. Orders typically ship within 48 hours of PROCESSED payment, excluding weekends and holidays. Inquiries from all shoppers are responded to promptly and courteously. Buyers are encouraged to ask questions prior to placing orders, as all sales are final unless the product you receive differs significantly from that which was advertised here in terms of either the product itself or its promised condition. In other words, "buyer's remorse" does not qualify for a refund. Exceptions are made only in the event that a buyer is willing to return at his or her own expense an unopened, BRAND NEW item for a refund of the original purchase price only. No original shipping costs will be refunded, unless we are at fault for sending you the wrong item or misrepresenting the product and/or its condition. This hasn?t happened yet, but if it does: you are guaranteed a refund of the purchase price, the original shipping fee, PLUS the cost to ship the item back to us. Thank you for looking!