Word: lynley
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There must be fans who were heartbroken when Detective Superintendent Thomas Lynley's wife was murdered at the end of George's last book. But for readers secretly relieved to see the last of Lady Helen, this new mystery--the author's 13th--is a refreshing departure. It takes a long bus ride into London's mixed-race slums to tell the backstory of the kids who killed Her Ladyship. The hero of this tale is an 11-year-old boy named Joel, who has a retarded brother, an oversexed sister and a face covered by tea-cake-size splotches...