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In one of her most compelling mysteries, bestselling novelist Elizabeth George explores the darker landscapes of human relationships. Here she tells a gripping, suspenseful story of betrayal and devotion, war and remembrance, love and loss . . . and the higher truths to which we must all ultimately answer.
An isolated beach on the island of Guernsey in the English Channel is the scene of the murder of Guy Brouard, one of Guernsey’s wealthiest inhabitants and its main benefactor. Forced as a child to flee the Nazis in Paris, Brouard was engaged in his latest project when he died: a museum honoring those who resisted the German occupation of the island during World War II. It is from this period that his murderer may well have come. But there are others on Guernsey who want Guy Brouard dead. As forensic scientist Simon St. James and his wife, Deborah, soon discover, seemingly everyone on the history-haunted island has something to hide. . . . And behind all the lies and alibis, a killer is lurking.
- Sales Rank: #368473 in Books
- Brand: Brand: Bantam
- Published on: 2009-03-24
- Released on: 2009-03-24
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.23" h x 1.17" w x 5.22" l, .87 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 528 pages
- Used Book in Good Condition
Amazon.com Review
In this latest from bestseller Elizabeth George, China River, recuperating from a failed love affair, agrees to accompany her ne'er-do-well brother Cherokee to the Channel Islands to hand-deliver a set of architectural drawings to an expatriate millionaire whose plans to fund a museum commemorating the war-time exploits of his Guernsey neighbors comes a cropper after he's found dead under suspicious circumstances. George spins an intricate and lively plot that spotlights the efforts of series regulars Deborah and Simon St. John to help Deborah's old friends free themselves; in the process, she introduces a fascinating cast of secondary characters, many of whom had much more obvious motives to wish Guy Brouard dead than the California siblings who seem tailor-made for a frame-up. A fine addition to George's ouevre, this thirteenth outing in her popular series will delight her fans. --Jane Adams
From Publishers Weekly
Fans disappointed by George's atypical story collection, I, Richard (2002), will be relieved to find the bestselling transatlantic author back at the top of her form. This exquisitely plotted mystery bursts with well-developed characters, notably forensic scientist Simon St. James and his photographer wife, Deborah. Lured by the free airline tickets and the $5,000 fee, China River, an old friend of Deborah's, and her half-brother, Cherokee (their mother was into the hippie counterculture), agree to fly from sunny California to rainy England to deliver a package containing architectural drawings to Guy Brouard, a rich landholder on the Channel island of Guernsey. The drawings are for a museum Brouard plans to build on the island honoring those who resisted the WWII German occupation. When the philandering philanthropist gets murdered and the police arrest China, Cherokee turns to Simon and Deborah for help. Curiously, for all the victim's wealth, no one seems to benefit from his death. The theme of hiding-of hopes, of the past, of secret places-underpins this intricate story about friendship, anger, loyalty and betrayal. Comic touches provide some relief as the suspense builds to an unexpected and explosive climax. With her flair for language, George reinforces her reputation as one of today's finest mystery writers.
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From Booklist
Deborah St. James is shocked when Cherokee River, the brother of the woman she lived with during her difficult student days in America, shows up on the doorstep of her London home. China River, she is told, is in a musty Guernsey jail, accused of murdering wealthy Guy Brouard during her stay at his Channel Isles estate. Stunned Deborah and her analytical husband, Simon, are soon on their way to Guernsey, and as usual in George's multilayered thrillers, it takes keen insight and hard work to disentangle the intricately woven snarl of secrets and lies that awaits them--the first of which surrounds Brouard himself. A familiar setup? You bet, but as the celebrated mystery writer's fans know, there's nothing predictable about the way George works things out. Once again, her nuanced characterizations drive the novel; the troubling private problems of Brouard's family and acquaintances must be fully limned before the murderer comes to light. That's true, as well, of the St. Jameses, perhaps the least vigorous of George's customary cast, whose investigations force them to confront difficulties in their own May-December marriage. Like the author's previous books, this commands attention. It's dense, complex, and riveting. Stephanie Zvirin
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87 of 94 people found the following review helpful.
Disappointing
By ANTHIE ZACHARIADOU
I think it says it all when a reader whose favourite author is Elizabeth George can't finish this book. That's me. I have been really trying to go past half-way, where it was, actually, a struggle to get, for a couple of weeks and gave up. No need to analyse the reasons - just the fact that I had been amazed by most of her earlier novels (especially captivated by Deception in his Mind), put her up in my Favourite author box but couldn't read this one is enough. It could be the lack of Helen and Lynley and Barbara, it could be the setting that was depressing, it could be the length, but mostly, it was just boring. The characters were boring, not shallow nor undeveloped. They were simply not interesting. I just didn't care to find out why and how that person died. It's really such a pity, because Ms. George can do so much with her characters and has such a lovely style of writing. I don't know what happened here, but I'm so disappointed.
52 of 55 people found the following review helpful.
a disappointing 2 1/2 star read
By tregatt
I have to confess I was rather disappointed with "A Place of Hiding." Perhaps it was because Barbara Havers (my favourite character in the series that Elizabeth George has created) did not make even one appearance in this installment; or perhaps it was because the novel seem to completely lack any kind of suspense (esp in comparison to Ms George's first Lynely/Havers outing, "A Great Deliverance" -- a truly superb mystery novel, that); or because it took forever for the novel to unwind and move forward. For whatever reason, "A Place of Hiding" just did not live up to my expectations.
When an old friend (Cherokee Rivers) from Deborah St. James's past turns up at the St. James' doorstep begging for help, Deborah (and Simon, her husband and a forensic scientist) can hardly turn the poor man away. It turns out that Cherokee's sister, China, has been accused of murdering Guy Brouard on an isolated beach at Guersey (an island in the English Channel). Deborah is sure that her old friend is incapable of murder and is all for rushing off to prove her friend's innocence. But Simon is not so sure about the Rivers siblings, or about just what he and Deborah can really accomplish. And when it turns out that there are actually witnesses who saw China following Guy that fateful morning, both Simon and Deborah realize that its not going to be all that easy a task proving China's innocence. Finding a motive for this seemingly motiveless murder would be the first obvious step. And when the St. Jameses discover that Guy was not that well liked and that he had his fair share of enemies (two ex-wives, three estranged children, and a host of people he seems to have let down in one way or another), it looks as if the first steps have been taken to establishing that there may have been other suspects besides China. But Simon cannot let go of the notion that either one or both the Rivers siblings were involved in the murder, and his suspicions are beginning to take a toll on his relationship with Deborah. Will Simon be able to deal with his suspicions about the Rivers siblings (as well as his jealousy about Deborah's bond with them)? Or will his feelings get in the way of the investigation?
The main problem with "A Place of Hiding" (for me anyway) was that it took too long to unwind. The actual motive for the murder was not revealed until a little less than three quarters way through the novel (true there were a few other probable motives strewn about, but the authour, in my opinion, failed to focus on them concretely enough that it was hard to take these 'motives' seriously). And then there was the fact that the book seemed to be absolutely full of characters, whose every action was observed, dissected, picked through and presented for the readers pleasure. And some of these characters weren't even all that essential to the plot! After a while I just started skimming in order to get to the 'meat' of the mystery!!
So, if you like your mystery novels dense, where every shift in shadow and where every shade of a particular character's motivation is described, then "A Place of Hiding" should indeed satisfy. But is you're looking for a clever and suspenseful mystery novel, then you might want to give this latest Elizabeth George offering a miss.
27 of 27 people found the following review helpful.
Where's Havers?
By Laura A. Cella
I was terribly disappointed in this book and that's bad because I didn't like the last one as much as I'd hoped either. I'm beginning to question my devotion to the inhabitants of George's imaginary London world.
Perhaps I'm in a literary rut but I like to read about the clever and dashing Tommy Lynley and the realistically complex Barbara Havers. I like the other constables (Webberly, et al) and I enjoy St. James' contributions to the plot twists, too, but I should have known that a book with the whiny and self-absorbed Deborah as protagonist would not satisfy me.
I find that George's upper class female characters are not as inherently interesting as the grittier, working-class Havers. Their lives, so privileged and easy, so lacking in actual achievement, seem petty when compared to Havers' struggle to define herself as a woman professional in a man's field, while still clutching tightly to the traditional woman's role, namely caring for her elderly and infirm parents. I admire and enjoy the raw honesty of Havers' internal struggles as she makes her choice every day about how much time and energy she can afford to devote to two competing, nearly opposite, responsibilities. Additionally, I love her fierce devotion to her values and principals, her strength of character in the face of adversity, and her tightly constricted, yet aching to burst, heart. She's probably among my favorite contemporary female characters and deserves another story of her own. Next to her, many other women pale to beige.
Deborah is one of these. As a peripheral character, Deborah is fine, adding a pretty atmosphere and sexual tension to the loving, yet tortured, relationship between Simon and Tommy, but I cannot identify with her self-obsessed whinging. It's hard to feel sorry for a woman who feels brutalized by life merely because she doesn't get whatever she wants whenever she wants it. Lots of women long for families and struggle to make their professional mark, yet few can afford to indulge in such navel-gazing in Cheyne Walk. Most, like Havers and Deborah's art school friend China Rivers, must get up and hustle to work every day. Deborah freely admits that observers might find it hard to feel sorry for her, as she bears no financial responsibility for her own or anyone else's support, and can shoot only what she likes (ten thousand developed images as she searches for her own perspective) as she has no clients to please, as China has. Despite these observations of her obvious privileges, she wallows, envying China's professional interests and status, but unwilling to pay the emotional and financial price for artistic freedom, as China has.
Deborah hasn't the strength of personality to front a novel, even one with as ephemeral a plot as this one, in which Deborah, nearly single-handedly, discovers who murdered a manipulative rich man and framed China for it. Maybe I've read too many of these, but it wasn't as hard as I'd hoped to figure out who done it. The novel lacked the sparkle and punch of George's earlier work. The main internal conflict comes from Deborah's unhappiness with the way the courtly Simon treats her, not from the pangs of her own confused, yet determined, desire to grow into a self-actualized woman. The external class-conflict that George brings to life so vividly between Tommy and Havers is dimly recalled by the obvious class differences between Deborah and China. Unfortunately, these conflicts aren't examined closely enough for anyone (including the reader) to learn anything. No one takes a stand, no one overcomes prejudices, no one develops as a character: everyone stands around and means well but nothing really happens, except. . . Deborah goes home to reinvent herself again.
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