A Suitable Vengeance

Offering an early glimpse into the lives of Inspector Thomas Lynley, forensic scientist Simon AllcourtSt. James, and Lady Helen Clyde, this 1991 mystery— the fourth in the series—is also a fascinating inquiry into family, friendship, and addiction. Lynley, who is the eighth earl of Asherton, has brought his fiancée to Howenstow, his family home. But the savage murder of a local journalist sets off a lethal series of events that embroils Lynley and St. James in a case far outside their jurisdiction—and a little too close to home. After a second death, Lynley finds he can't help taking the investigation personally, as the evidence points to a killer within his own family.