Elizabeth George: A Slowly Dying Cause (UK 2025)

From the Publisher:
In Cornwall, a man suffers a violent death - and the killer may lurk within the community...
Featuring Detectives Barbara Havers and Thomas Lynley, A Slowly Dying Cause is an atmospheric, gripping crime thriller from bestselling author Elizabeth George.

Amid the beauty of Cornwall's coastline, the death of a local man shatters the peace with its violence. The body of Michael Lobb was discovered in his family's tin and pewter workshop, and Detective Inspector Beatrice Hannaford is brought in to investigate. Suspicion quickly develops when it emerges that a mining company had been trying to buy the man's land, and Lobb was the only remaining obstacle to the deal going through.

But every step of Bea's investigation provokes more questions than answers, and the complexity of the case develops further as Lobb's family life, rife with mistrust and deception, comes to light. With cryptic alibis and shifting motives, the tangled web of intrigue soon draws in her colleagues Thomas Lynley and Barbara Havers, who must search for a killer in a community that has very little trust in outsiders...

Elizabeth George: A Slowly Dying Cause. A Lynley and Havers Novel. Macmillan, ISBN: 9781035074624 (September, 2025), 656 p., £22.00, eBook £10.99.

Elizabeth George: A Slowly Dying Cause (USA 2025)

From the Publisher:
Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers and Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley are back in the next Lynley novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth George.
Michael Lobb has just been found dead on the floor of his family's tin & pewter workshop. It's suspicious enough that his body was found by a representative of Cornwall EcoMining, a company keen on acquiring his family's land, and it's made even worse when he's revealed to have been the majority owner of the business and the sole obstacle preventing a deal from being made. But it doesn't take long for Inspector Beatrice Hannaford to unearth the layers of estrangement that surrounded Michael in his final days, pointing suspicions elsewhere. In comes Kayla, a young woman half Michaels' age, who has just been made a widow.

Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley and Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers are brought in to help solve the crime and search for justice amid a community that already trusts no one and fears any outsiders.

Elizabeth George: A Slowly Dying Cause. A Lynley Novel. Viking, ISBN: 9780593493588 (September, 2025), 656 p., $32.00, eBook $13.99.