For the Sake of Elena

For the Sake of Elena (1992) Elizabeth George

Synopsis:
Lynley is still keeping busy as things are still uneven between him and Helen, while Havers continues to struggle with finding care for her mother. When Lynley volunteers to take a case in Cambridge, both of their personal situations come to a head.

Elena Weaver is found dead just off the path where she took her morning run. The case quickly becomes complicated when previous difficulties between the college and the town police arise in the midst of the case. To make things worse, Elena is the daughter of a prominent professor at St. Stephen’s–a professor with a very bitter ex-wife and a very beautiful new wife.

I think one of my favorite bits in the series so far comes at almost the very end of the book.

“Why?”

“Because he still has to look at himself in the mirror every morning. And how can he do that if he ever starts digging through his life for the truth?”

That, I think, goes to the very heart of how and why people delude themselves.
Rating: 8/10

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