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Calder Moor is a wild and deadly place: Many have been trapped in the myriad limestone caves, lost in collapsed copper mines, injured on perilous gritstone ridges. But this time, when two bodies are discovered in the shadow of the ancient circle of stones known as Nine Sisters Henge, it is clearly not a case for Mountain Rescue. The corpses are those of a young man and woman. Each met death in a different fashion. Each died violently.

To Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley, brought in to investigate by special request, this grisly crime promises to be one of the toughest assignments of his career. For one of the victims was Nicola Maiden, the daughter of a former officer in an elite undercover unit at New Scotland Yard and a man Lynley once regarded as a mentor. Now, as Lynley struggles to find out if Nicola's killer was an enemy of her father's or one she earned herself, a disgraced Barbara Havers, determined to redeem herself in the eyes of her longtime partner, crisscrosses London seeking information on the second murder victim.

He is Terry Cole, a struggling artist of questionable talents and even more questionable monetary assets. How or even if he knows Nicola Maiden is a mystery to everyone, for no one in Nicola's family can identify the young man. And no one in the area has ever seen him before his body is found on the moor.

The more dark secrets Lynley and Havers uncover, the more they learn that neither the victims nor the suspects are exactly who they appear to be. And once again they come up against the realization that human relationships are often murderous and that the blood that binds can also kill.

Praise for Elizabeth George's "In Pursuit Of The Proper Sinner!"

"In Pursuit of the Proper Sinner" is another great read by George. It's complex, hauntingly real, and has the usual solid supporting cast and is reasearchable to a T."
--Ottawa Citizen

"In Pursuit of the Proper Sinner"; misconjectured suspects, blinkered bigwigs, sexual deviance, S&M and social revelations all mislead. And you can never tell what creatures will scurry and slither when you move a mooreland rock or rake an English lawn."
--LA Times

"I'm hoping the "Proper Sinner" becomes a major award winner as well as a national bestseller. Publishers and authors alike could use conformation that there's still a wide audience out there for weighty mysteries unafraid to take on deeper issues as an integral part of the story."
--Washington Post Book World

"Miss George's work continues to amaze...she continues to expand the mystery genre into serious, mind-absorbing fiction.... Powerful and provocative...In Pursuit of the Proper Sinner joins its predecessors in a growing line of dazzlingly brilliant novels."
--Richmond Times-Dispatch 

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