Inspector Lynley Mystery Series by Elizabeth George
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Character's Personality: Lynley is sophisticated, gracious, subtle, analytical, and compassionate.  Handsome and from the upper classes, he seems to have it all.  Havers, from the lower classes, is abrasive, emotional, insecure, and resentful.

Character's Occupation: Thomas Lynley is a Detective Inspector and Barbara Havers is a Police Sergeant, both with Scotland Yard.

Character's Culture / Ethnicity: English

Character - Other Notable Traits: Lynley is also a titled lord

Location and Time Period: Contemporary London and surrounding Britain

Mystery Subgenre: Police procedural

Objectionable Material: Occasional profanity and mild to medium violence

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1. A Great Deliverance (1988) – Agatha Award
2. Payment in Blood (1989)
3. Well-Schooled in Murder (1990)
4. A Suitable Vengeance (1991)
5. For the Sake of Elena (1992)
6. Missing Joseph (1993)
7. Playing for the Ashes (1994)
8. In the Presence of the Enemy (1996)
9. In Pursuit of the Proper Sinner (1999)
10. A Traitor to Memory (2001)
11. With No One as Witness (2005)
12. What Came Before He Shot Her (2006)
13. Careless in Red (2008)

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