In the presence of the enemy (Vihollinen lähelläsi) is the eighth novel in the Lynley & Havers-series by Elizabeth George. Jentas is publishing George’s books in Finnish.

As the editor of a popular left-wing tabloid, Dennis Luxford has made a career out of a scandal. But this time the scoop involves his own daughter. To save the life of his child, Luxford must expose the girl’s mother – Eve Bowen, now Under Secretary of State for the Home Office. And Eve refuses to involve the police, convinced that Charlotte’s disappearance is just one more shabby tabloid ploy. Only when events take an unbearable turn is New Scotland Yard brought in, in the guise of Detective Inspector Lynley and his partner, Barbara Havers. And as their investigations move from Westminster to Wiltshire, Lynley and Havers discover that treachery and betrayal lie perilously close to home.

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Missing Joseph (Isän varjo) is the sixth novel in the Lynley & Havers-series by Elizabeth George. Jentas is publishing George’s books in Finnish.

When Deborah St James hears of the unexpected death of Reverend Sage, her sadness has a very personal tinge. For their paths had crossed some months earlier at a particularly vulnerable time for Deborah, and she had found herself confessing her intimate anguish to this sympathetic stranger. When she realizes that his death is far from accidental, Deborah, with her husband, Simon, enlists the help of Inspector Lynley, and the trio embarks upon an investigation that hinges upon the overriding – and ulimately destructive – power of parental love.

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For the sake of Elena (Elenan tähden) is the fifth novel in the Lynley & Havers-series by Elizabeth George. Jentas is publishing George’s books in Finnish.

Elena Weaver, in her skimpy dresses and bright jewellery, exuded intelligence and sexuality. A student at St Stephen’s College, Cambridge, she lived a life of casual but intense physical and emotional relationships, with scores to settle and targets to achieve. Until someone, lying in wait on the bank of the River Cam, where Elena went running every morning, bludgeoned the young woman to death. Called into the rarefied world of academia, Inspector Thomas Lynley and his partner Barbara Havers find a tangled skein of love, obsession and desire – a maelstrom of emotion that has claimed Elena Weaver’s life.

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A Suitable Venegance (Sovelias kosto) is the fourth novel in the Lynley & Havers-series by Elizabeth George. Jentas is publishing George’s books in Finnish.

Inspector Thomas Lynley, 8th Earl of Asherton, feels some trepidation as he introduces his bride-to-be to his mother at the ancestral home of Howenstow in Cornwall. But Lynley’s private concerns are soon forgotten as the brutal murder of a local journalist requires him to focus on the professional, rather than the personal. The investigation tears apart powerful ties of love and friendship, shattering the tranquillity of the picturesque Cornish community and exposing a long-buried family secret. Its consequences irrevocably alter the course of Thomas Lynley’s life.

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Well-Schooled in Murder (Viattomien kesken) is the third novel in the Lynley & Havers-series by Elizabeth George. Jentas is publishing George’s books in Finnish.

The quiet, confident atmosphere of Bredgar Chambers School is shattered by the discovery of the body of one of its pupils in a country churchyard. Who murdered the brilliant boy and why? How did his body get from the school to the distant churchyard? Why had he lied about his exeat destination? Inspector Thomas Lynley and his partner, Barbara Havers, find their investigations hampered by the code of honour and loyalty that prevail in the old and distinguished public school. But they discover within the confines of that privileged community a culture of cruelty that stretches back across the generations.

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Payment in Blood (Veri verta vaatii) is the second novel in the Lynley & Havers-series by Elizabeth George. Jentas is publishing George’s books in Finnish.

An isolated Scottish mansion is the venue for a reading of a controversial new play by a West End theatre company. But on the very first evening, the playwright is savagely murdered, and Inspector Thomas Lynley faces the most testing case of his career. For one of the suspects is Lady Helen Clyde, the woman Lynley loves. And as he attempts to untangle the family scandals, fierce theatrical rivalries and long-buried secrets that beset the case, Lynley struggles to balance the clinical detachment of his job with the intensity of his feelings.

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A Traitor to Memory (Petturin muisti) is the eleventh novel in the Lynley & Havers-series by Elizabeth George. Jentas is publishing George’s books in Finnish.

Twenty-eight-year old virtuoso violinist Gideon Davies has lost his memory of music and his ability to play the instrument he mastered as a five-year-old prodigy. One fateful night he lifted his violin to play in a Beethoven trio . . . and everything in his mind related to music was gone. Gideon suffers from a form of amnesia, the cure for which is an examination of what he can remember. And what he can remember is little enough until his mind is triggered by the weeping of a woman and a single name: Sonia.
Then, one rainy evening, Gideon’s mother Eugenie travels to London for a mysterious appointment. But before she is able to reach her destination, a car swoops out of nowhere and kills her in the street.
In pursuing Eugenie’s killer, Lynley and Havers come to know a group of people whose lives are inextricably connected by a long-ago death, a trial, and a prison sentence handed down as retribution for a crime no one has spoken of for twenty years.

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A stained white radiance (Pimeän hehku) is the fifth novel in the Dave Robicheaux-series by James Lee Burke. Jentas is publishing Burke’s books in Finnish.

A bullet shot through the window of Weldon Sonnier’s house propels Dave Robicheaux back into the lives of a family he’s not sure he wants to be reacquainted with … Weldon Sonnier’s CIA-influenced past has led to dangerous connections and commitments, including debts to local mob boss Joey ‘Meatballs’ Gouza. As Weldon puts himself in the line of fire, Lyle Sonnier, television evangelist and faith healer, reveals to Dave a violent family history that intersects menacingly with Dave’s own.

But overshadowing the manoeuvres of Gouza’s gang is the spectre of racial politics, and it is former Klansman Bobby Earl who will prove to be Dave Robicheaux’s most elusive enemy.

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Sunset Limited (Varjojen maa) is the tenth novel in the Dave Robicheaux-series by James Lee Burke. Jentas is publishing Burke’s books in Finnish.

Megan and Cisco Flynn are back in town. Nobody had ever been caught for the Klan murder of their father, Jack, and Detective Dave Robicheaux knows that trouble cannot be far behind. Particularly when the Flynns get mixed up with the case of a small-time hustler named Cool Breeze Broussard.

As the Flynns find themselves deeper and deeper in trouble, Robicheaux is trying to keep Cool Breeze alive. Something ties Breeze to the Flynns, and all three of them to local plantation magnate Archer Terrebonne. Something long past is poisoning all their lives, bringing death in its wake…

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Jolie Blon’s Bounce (Syvän etelän blues) is the second novel in the Dave Robicheaux-series by James Lee Burke. Jentas is publishing Burke’s books in Finnish.

Three men are present when Amanda Boudreau is raped and murdered, and small-time hustler Tee Bobby Hulin’s prints are found at the crime scene. Dave Robicheaux reckons he’s innocent, and Tee Bobby pleads so, then attempts suicide in his holding cell. Why?

Tee Bobby is released on bail and soon after there is a second murder. When lawyer Perry LaSalle takes on the defence of Tee Bobby, Dave knows his motives are fuelled by guilt. For Tee Bobby’s grandmother was seduced by Perry’s grandfather, and Amanda Boudreau’s death is related to events that happened long before Tee Bobby was born…

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