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Binding: Mass Market PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 813.54 EAN: 9780060545635 ISBN: 0060545631 Label: Harper Manufacturer: Harper Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 736 Publication Date: September 01, 2007 Publisher: Harper Release Date: August 28, 2007 Studio: Harper Editorial Review: Product Description: A kind and well-loved woman was brutally and inexplicably murdered—the pregnant wife of a respected police inspector—and her death has left Scotland Yard shocked and searching for answers. Perhaps most horrifying of all, the trigger of the weapon that killed her was apparently pulled by a stranger . . . a twelve-year-old boy. The anatomy of a murder, the story of a family in crisis, What Came Before He Shot Her is a powerful, emotional novel full of deep psychological insights, a novel that only the incomparable Elizabeth George could write. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - It's Different, Innit?Though Elizabeth George thanks her editors for going along and supporting her decision to take up the Helen Lynley murder case once again, by digging deep into the London slum boy who committed the crime, anyone can read between the lines and imagine the strangled gasp of horror that must have attended the editors hearing this disastrous news. They may have feigned enthusiasm to please a favored author, but inwardly they must have known what life would be like from now on. They would ... Read More Rating:  - George understands poverty.This book is a powerful and riveting account of what happens to children in poverty when they are faced with limited choices, inadequate or ineffective family support, and the laws of the street. The author absolutely knows and understands the issues of living in poverty, and indeed, she taught for many years in Santa Ana, CA. Part of the power of this book is the author's ability to empathize with her characters and explain their behavior to those who don't. But those of you who think this kind ... Read More Rating: - Accidental findI read this book because I began to read "Careless in Red" and got the impression that I should read the prior book first. Oddly, I read "What happened before he shot her" and enjoyed it. I then started "Careless" and stopped reading it about a third of the way through. Enjoyed the other one though. Rating: - Good concept but...I am a huge fan of Elizabeth George's Inspector Lynley series, but I must admit that I feel very ambivalent about "What Came Before He Shot Her". It is a hugely ambitious prequel to "With No One As Witness" and explores the chaotic series of events leading up to the shocking (and, I must say, shockingly inexplicable) murder of Inspector Lynley's wife of a few months, Lady Helen. Whilst Lady Helen has always been a supremely irritating character, I would have much preferred George to have knocked off ... Read More Rating:  - Interesting characters being unnecessarily torturedI've read all the previous EG books (I think), and like them a lot (I'm addicted to British mysteries), but have always found them rather self-indulgent in being padded out with endless details, descriptions, and plot curlicues that don't end up mattering much. [She must get paid by the page.] What I like in this book is the character development, especially Kendra and Joel: I kept being about to drop the book in the trash but then would want to see what happens to these tragic people. But knowing what ... Read More |
