A review by we_are_all_mad_here26
Payment in Blood by Elizabeth George
4.0
Always a good sign to like #2 in a series better than #1. Thomas Lynley is not perfect in this one, in fact he is often a blazing idiot, and Barbara Havers is not the shrill and resentful commoner that she was portrayed as in A Great Deliverance. It was less than exciting at first and I couldn't keep the numerous characters straight, but it picked up in the second half and somehow the characters became clearer.
Possibly most importantly, this book contained far fewer words that I'd never heard of in my life. Every time I come across one of those words I think "oh come on, surely she has made this one up" but no, no she hasn't. I feel at least a little vindicated when the Kindle dictionary includes the word archaic in the definition.
Possibly most importantly, this book contained far fewer words that I'd never heard of in my life. Every time I come across one of those words I think "oh come on, surely she has made this one up" but no, no she hasn't. I feel at least a little vindicated when the Kindle dictionary includes the word archaic in the definition.