![]() ![]() ![]() And there’s no doubt her career is in jeopardy: Lynley’s brief affair with her superior now over, the woman seems out to end Haver’s career and a colleague gleefully assists her. The Italian police are investigating, and the Yard won’t get involved–that is, until Havers takes matters into her own hands at the risk of her own career. Then Angelina reappears with shocking news: Hadiyyah is missing, kidnapped from an Italian marketplace. In desperation, Azhar and Barbara hire a private detective to find her without success. ![]() Havers can’t really help-Azhar had never married Angelina, and his name isn’t on Hadiyyah’s birth certificate so he has no legal claim. Never married to the child’s mother, Angelina had nevertheless reappeared in an previous book and charmed her way into the life of both Havers and Azhar before disappearing with the child. Readers of the series know Sergeant Barbara Havers has grown fond of her neighbor, Taymullah Azhar, and his daughter, Hadiyyah. Just One Evil Act finds her back in fine form with an engrossing read and a case that has unexpected turns and settings. Don’t let the size of Elizabeth George’s newest Lynley-Havers novel put you off. ![]()
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