From the bestselling series that inspired BBC's Lynley, discover how it all began . . .

Roberta Teys is found beside her father's headless corpse, wearing her best dress and with an axe in her lap.

"I did it. And I am not sorry." She refuses to say more.

Inspector Thomas Lynley and DS Barbara Havers are sent by Scotland Yard to investigate.

But as they navigate their way around a dark labyrinth of secret scandals and appalling crimes, they uncover a series of shocking revelations that shatter the façade of the peaceful Yorkshire village.

Praise for A Great Deliverance:

'Ambitious and exotic . . . The climax is startling and disturbing . . . An exciting debut'
The Times

'An awesome first-fiction venture that immediately thrusts the author into P.D. James' dark orbit'
Kirkus

'With a lyric sense of language and a cinematic eye for detail, George has constructed a truly fascinating story'
Chicago Sun-Times