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FROM: Dianna Wiggins <[removed]@yahoo.com>
REC'D: 2/11/04, 9:06 PM

I have a patron who described a book that she read
years ago and would like to re-read, but can't think
of the name. British author, coastal town, Pakistani
or Indian families populate the town and there is
friction. One of the Pakistani families' daughter is
promised to a man in marriage, but falls in love with
a local boy and becomes pregnant. When her fiance
comes to town, he is murdered. Ring any bells with
those great minds out there? Please email me directly,
as well as posting to the group. Thanks so much!

=====
Dianna K. Wiggins, MLIS
Naperville, Illinois
(630)-637-3436
(630)-637-1715 FAX

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FROM: [removed]@aol.com
REC'D: 2/12/04, 8:55 AM

I believe the book is Deception on his mind by Elizabeth George Sheelagh Kaplan Mahopac Library NY

FROM: "Nora Armstrong" <[removed]@cumberland.lib.nc.us>
REC'D: 2/12/04, 9:32 AM

Sounds like Elizabeth George's 1997 release, In Pursuit of the Proper
Sinner, a Lynley/Havers mystery (I liked the book because it was more
Barbara than Lynley). Here's a synopsis form the author's website:

Balford-le-Nez is dying seatown on the coast of Essex. But when a member of
the town's small but growing Asian community is found dead near its beach,
the sleepy town ignites with unrest. Intrigued by the involvement of her
London neighbor-Taymullah Azhar-in what appears to be a potential racial
conflagration, Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers takes off for the town of
Balford-le-Nez and discovers at the head of the investigation Detective
Chief Inspector Emily Barlow, an officer whom Havers has long known.

During the course of the investigation, Havers discovers the social
differences between the English and Pakistani communities in England, and
she experiences first hand the racial divide that separates people whose
cultures are like polar extremes.

The victim of the crime is Haytham Querashi, who came to England from
Pakistan to take part in an arranged marriage with Sahlah, the willing
daughter of Akram Malak whose business interests in the town have
revitalized it and made him a well-respected citizen. But Akram is
unknowingly at odds with Agatha Shaw, a longtime resident of Balford-le-Nez
who is determined to be its benefactress at any price.

Suspects in the crime are many because the climate in Balford-le-Nez is rife
with cultural misunderstandings and racial bias. While the Pakistani
community demonstrates and argues that the murder is a crime of hate aimed
at an entire ethnic group, the police turn their attention to the leader of
the Pakistani demonstrators, a young man who has long been a thorn in the
side of the local constabulary.

During the course of the investigation, Barbara must probe not only the mind
of a murderer and a case very close to her own heart, but also the terrible
price people pay for deceiving others and themselves.
---------------------------------------------------------

Nora Armstrong, MSLS
Cumberland County Public Library & Information Center
Fayetteville, NC
phone (910) 483-7727, x204 / fax (910) 486-6661

FROM: "Nora Armstrong" <[removed]@cumberland.lib.nc.us>
REC'D: 2/12/04, 9:39 AM

ACK! Right synopsis, wrong title! It *is* Deception on His Mind. Sheesh.

My bad. Do I get half-credit?

Nora Armstrong, MSLS
Cumberland County Public Library & Information Center
Fayetteville, NC
phone (910) 483-7727, x204 / fax (910) 486-6661

-----Original Message-----
From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org [[removed]@maillist.webrary.org]
On Behalf Of Nora Armstrong
Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 10:29 AM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: RE: England coastal mystery

Sounds like Elizabeth George's 1997 release, In Pursuit of the Proper
Sinner, a Lynley/Havers mystery (I liked the book because it was more
Barbara than Lynley). Here's a synopsis form the author's website:

Balford-le-Nez is dying seatown on the coast of Essex. But when a member of
the town's small but growing Asian community is found dead near its beach,
the sleepy town ignites with unrest. Intrigued by the involvement of her
London neighbor-Taymullah Azhar-in what appears to be a potential racial
conflagration, Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers takes off for the town of
Balford-le-Nez and discovers at the head of the investigation Detective
Chief Inspector Emily Barlow, an officer whom Havers has long known.

During the course of the investigation, Havers discovers the social
differences between the English and Pakistani communities in England, and
she experiences first hand the racial divide that separates people whose
cultures are like polar extremes.

The victim of the crime is Haytham Querashi, who came to England from
Pakistan to take part in an arranged marriage with Sahlah, the willing
daughter of Akram Malak whose business interests in the town have
revitalized it and made him a well-respected citizen. But Akram is
unknowingly at odds with Agatha Shaw, a longtime resident of Balford-le-Nez
who is determined to be its benefactress at any price.

Suspects in the crime are many because the climate in Balford-le-Nez is rife
with cultural misunderstandings and racial bias. While the Pakistani
community demonstrates and argues that the murder is a crime of hate aimed
at an entire ethnic group, the police turn their attention to the leader of
the Pakistani demonstrators, a young man who has long been a thorn in the
side of the local constabulary.

During the course of the investigation, Barbara must probe not only the mind
of a murderer and a case very close to her own heart, but also the terrible
price people pay for deceiving others and themselves.
---------------------------------------------------------

Nora Armstrong, MSLS
Cumberland County Public Library & Information Center
Fayetteville, NC
phone (910) 483-7727, x204 / fax (910) 486-6661

FROM: Dianna Wiggins <[removed]@yahoo.com>
REC'D: 2/12/04, 2:46 PM

Thanks so much to those who replied in regard to the
English coastal mystery. All seemed to agree that the
book is Deception on His Mind by Elizabeth George. The
collective "fiction Q" of this group always amazes and
awes me.

=====
Dianna K. Wiggins, MLIS
Naperville, Illinois
(630)-637-3436
(630)-637-1715 FAX

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