the first pages were promising, written with great finesse, very worked flop .... and then, as if the author had really succeeded these first three or four pages, the rest of the novel falls, poorly written, longuet . But it is mainly the characters that displeased me. Lynley is a collection of aristocratic clichés, straight out of an adolescent fantasy. Havers could have been a very interesting character, but the author relegates to the rank of faithful little dog. The investigations are long, and soon guesses the bottom of the case. remains to Lynley and Havers wait come to understand themselves. This series includes 16 volumes of novels, this one is the first. No real character development during these 16 volumes, any improvement of the style or investigations. And if you wait a romance between the two characters, go your way. Havers is described as a woman particularly hideous and evil character, and of course madly in love with Lynley (against his will), but being what it is, he would never consider as a "woman". In short, "a great deliverance" is a "great disappointment".
