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A Great Deliverance
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ASIN: 0553278029
Release Date: 1989-05-01 |
Book Description
To this day, the low, thin wail of an infant can be heard in Keldale's lush green valleys. Three hundred years ago, as legend goes, the frightened Yorkshire villagers smothered a crying babe in Keldale Abbey, where they'd hidden to escape the ravages of Cromwell's raiders.
Now into Keldale's pastoral web of old houses and older secrets comes Scotland Yard Inspector Thomas Lynley, the eighth earl of Asherton. Along with the redoubtable Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers, Lynley has been sent to solve a savage murder that has stunned the peaceful countryside. For fat, unlovely Roberta Teys has been found in her best dress, an axe in her lap, seated in the old stone barn beside her father's headless corpse. Her first and last words were "I did it. And I'm not sorry."
Yet as Lynley and Havers wind their way through Keldale's dark labyrinth of secret scandals and appalling crimes, they uncover a shattering series of revelations that will reverberate through this tranquil English valley—and in their own lives as well.
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A Fine Debut Heralds Brilliance to Come.......2007-06-23
A Great Deliverance by Elizabeth George is the author's well-written debut. There is a good mystery in a small township known as Keldale Abby. The gruesome killing of a man and his dog brings in Scotland Yard Inspector Thomas Lynley and Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers. Lynley hails from the rich upper class, and is a handsome man, while Havers comes from a poor lower class family, and is a plain looking woman. Though this novel has many strong points including a smooth and almost poetic writing style by George, and an evocative small town and its denizens, its real strength comes from the introduction to the two compelling lead charachters. There relationship and how it grows, not just in this book, but in the books to follow, is the real strength of this series.
This is a solid 3.5 star novel.
Where's the beef.......2007-05-13
First a disclaimer: I was drawn to read Elizabeth George after having read 10's of rave comments about her books. I had run out of mysteries on my shelf so decided to give her a try.
Maybe I've been wallowing too long in the Elmore Leonard, Carl Hiassin school of mysteries but I found this to be even more plodding than most british mysteries. There was all this convoluted useless nonsense about the backstories on the oh, so class conscious pair of police colleagues. Then there was the sudden inprobable device to solve the mystery with people related to each other in the most absurd arrangement.
Very good first book, but it gets better!.......2006-07-12
The first book I read in this series was "Misssing Joseph" and I was enthralled. So I thought I'd read the series from the beginning and was quite disappointed with "A Great Deliverance"--there are way too many over-the-top character descriptions, it's much too much black and white, people are not either demons or angels in real life. Also, the author makes an excruciating effort at using unusual, archaic words (is it a tic left over from the old high school teacher to prove that she knows them and wants us to check in the dictionary?). I really appreciated all the literary references to Shakespeare and the Bible, and the story line was interesting, although on more than one occasion, I wondered where she was leading the reader with this plethora of badly defined characters. Thankfully, it all comes together in the end (the last third of the book is much more enjoyable), and I will keep on reading the other books in the series since I had a taste of a much better book in "Missing Joseph."
A solid mystery novel.......2006-02-13
I tend to judge a book based on what it sets out to achieve and to what degree it succeeds. A Great Deliverance sets out, as far as I can tell, to be a great mystery novel. And it is. Hence the five stars. This is one of those great books where you don't, at any point, feel a little 'stuck'. You know that feeling you get with some books where you sigh and think 'I'll just get through this part and it will pick up again'. None here! The mystery within the village is nicely couterbalanced by the tensions in the relationships among the characters (Lynley, Havers, Deborah, and Simon). Waiting to find out how both would resolve themselves made it a great read start to finish.
Suffer the little children.......2005-11-16
This is M/s George's first novel and the reader's introduction to D.I.Lynley, eigth Earl of Asherton, and D.S.Barbara Havers, that unlikely couple of detectives whos careers and lives continue in further stories. Thomas Lynley is an elegant, aristocratic, former Etonian and Oxford man, well dressed, well educated and well connected. Barbara is fat, badly dressed and teetering between extremely homely and just plain ugly, with a consquent lack of self esteem. They have been teamed by Scotland Yard to investigate an horrific murder in Yorkshire, where it is claimed that a farmer's daughter decapitated him with an axe. Initially, Barbara is totally intimidated by Lynley, as much by the division of their social classes and her inbuilt prejudice, as by his reputation, deserved or not, as a womaniser who sweeps all before him, but soon realises that this somewhat foppish exterior is a mask for a shrewd brain. During the story, Lynley is forced to face and to come to terms with his relationship with Deborah, his former fiancee and now the new wife of his oldest friend. The murder story revolves around a most unpleasant subject, but one which is cleverly plotted and written by Elizabeth George with a most satisfactory ending. It's a great read !
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A Great Deliverance (1st book of the Inspector Thomas Lynley series)
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Roberta Teys sits by her father's headless corpse, an axe in her lap. "I did it," she says, "and I'm not sorry." Inspector Thomas Lynley and Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers, both of Scotland Yard, discover a labyrinth of crimes that reverberate through the surrounding countryside...and their own lives as well. "Pure entertainment from its insidious beginning to its gripping end." (Washington Post)
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The Great Omission: Resolving Critical Issues for the Ministry of Healing and Deliverance
Dieter Mulitze
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The truth about the good news..........2003-10-07
Finally, a book that refuses to skirt around the difficult issues relative to inner healing and spiritual abuse within the Church today. While others are adding to the long list of books that seem to excuse or promote the status quo, Dr. Mulitze brings a message of compassion, hope and encouragment founded on Biblical truth. His research is thorough and well presented, and the examples that he provides leave the reader with no doubt that the healing presence of Jesus is available today and is being experienced by many. Jeremiah 2:13 states "My people have committed two evils; they have forsaken Me, the fountain of living waters, and they have hewn for themselves cisterns, broken cisterns, which cannot hold water". There is hope and healing for the weary and the brokenhearted and Dr. Mulitze, in The Great Omission, leads sincere seekers to the fountain of living waters - Jesus, our Healer. This book is a must for anyone who is himself wounded or who is involved in healing ministry within the Church.
Finally - some clarity.......2002-05-17
There seems to be a long standing debate as to how (and if) the Holy Spirit moves in the church today. Is healing possible? What is our obligation as a church in this area?
One side seems to argue that the gifts of the Holy Spirit ended with the Apostles, and that any claimed manifestations of the Holy Spirit are either phoney, or worse yet, demonic. Others seems to argue in favour of any and all manifestations, throwing all caution (and sometimes theology) to the wind.
Well finally there is a book that brings clarity to the debate. If you are looking for fluff or hype, you won't find it here. Dr. Mulitze takes you on a journey through scripture to discover the truth about the healing presence of Jesus. His book is an extremely well researched and well documented book that is both thought provoking and challenging. It is interspersed with real examples of real people getting real healing. This book is not about hype or fluff; it is about encountering the healing presence of Jesus.
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A GREAT DELIVERANCE. A Novel.
Elizabeth. George
Manufacturer: Bantam Books,
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A Great Deliverance
Elizabeth George
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A Great Deliverance (The Best Mysteries of All Time)
Elizabeth George
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Elizabeth George masterfully portrays the nuances of British language, lifestyle, characters, and detective work in one of today's most superb mysteries. Her electrifying suspense novels have climbed the bestseller charts numerous times led by her unforgettable duo of Inspector Thomas Lynley and Barbara Havers, two of today's most beloved fictional crime-fighters.
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The great deliverance: Studies in the Book of Exodus
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A Great Deliverance
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Gott schütze dieses Haus (Krimi) (Originaltitel: A Great Deliverance).
Elizabeth George
Manufacturer: Goldmann
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ASIN: 3442058082 |
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