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Careless in Red (Inspector Lynley Mystery 14) | 
 enlarge | Author: Elizabeth George
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Category: Book
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Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 3632
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 544
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 6.1 x 1.9
ISBN: 0340922966
EAN: 9780340922965
ASIN: 0340922966
Publication Date: June 12, 2008
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| Customer Reviews: Read 7 more reviews...
 Are we finished yet? October 8, 2008
M. Fish (Edinburgh, Scotland)
Agree with most of reviewers, this book is way too long, too boring and too un-involving and as for those character names - ridiculous. I remember fondly Ms George's books of old - but now it's obvious she's just churning them out for the cash. If her editors read these reviews take note please - we do know she's capable of way better.
Dissapointing and not worth the read September 21, 2008
Ms. M. Henderson (South West England)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The long awaited sequel in Thomas Lynley's arduous life has been sadly all too disappointing. I was dismayed that the normal twists and turns and interaction Elizabeth George usually gives us were just not evident. I was greatly upset by her portrayal of the local Cornish constabulary as 'yokel thickos' which is insulting in its implication and I know from experience they are not. Her choice of rediculous names for the characters was too unbelievable and the reality of life in Cornwall is nothing like she has portrayed. There are so many crime writers who's information on the jacket states that they may be of British origin but usually end up living over the 'pond'. I find most of them in time lose the 'Britishness' in their writing and small anomalies creep in to their work which usually leaves me not wanting to finish the book. Elizabeth George has now fallen into this category and I shall not await her next book with the same anticipation as Careless in Red. (Another slightly annoying point were grammatical errors and spelling mistakes contained within the book...........surely the proof reader should have gone to Specsavers !!)
Oh dear September 14, 2008
Urbangril21 (Scotland)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I have stuck with Elizabeth George through thick and thicker (book thickness, that is) and I even quite enjoyed What Came Before he Shot Her. But unfortunately I started this one straight after Peter James' new one, and the contrast was painful. I lasted till p60 and then decided life was too short to plough through the remaining 470 pages when I didn't like any of the characters I'd met (including Lynley), wasn't interested in the murder victim, was irritated at the cloying Cornishness of everything including the outlandish names of every second character and had already spotted a couple of jarring unBritish uses of language. Sorry, this one is not for me.
Bitterly disapointed September 13, 2008
Sue Carter
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have been so looking forward to the latest instalment in the Lyndley chronicles but I am sorry to say this book has been a complete let down. The main thing that I really hated were the names of the characters a minor point I know but this really irritated me. The book didn't ring true somehow ......when I think of her first books ,which were brilliant and unputdownable, it is hard to believe they were written by the same author, to be honest I think she has given us three dud books on the trot and I wonder if she has just run out if steam.I hope not .
 Missing Helen September 1, 2008
Jane Baker (Somerset)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I'm so glad I didn't give up on George after the last Lynley novel which certainly was not my favourite. Careless in Red was powerful and eloquent, combining a murder and Lynley's own personal aftermath of Helen's murder. There were a number of juxtapositions but to include them would infringe on this novel's plot before readers know the story. Elizabeth George's prose is elegant and improving all the time with original turns of phrase and innovative use of words. If I have a criticism there is some lengthy and questionable use of detail. It could have been shortened by a hundred pages and nothing would have been lost. I found myself skipping some detail so that I stayed close to the heart-rending storyline. Research however is brilliant in its depth. If like me you had decided to finish with this author after she killed off Helen then my advice would be "Don't" - this is poignant, evocative, compelling. Reader buy this at once - you will have no regrets. She is back on my list of favourite authors.
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