Deborah and Simon St. James have taken a holiday in the winter landscape of Lancastershire, hoping to heal the growing rift in their marriage. But in the barren countryside awaits bleak news: The vicar of Wimslough, the man they had come to see, is dead—a victim of accidental poisoning. Unsatisfied with the inquest ruling and unsettled by the close association between the investigating constable and the woman who served the deadly meal, Simon calls in his old friend Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley. Together they uncover dark, complex relationships in this rural village, relationships that bring men and women together with a passion, with grief, or with the intention to kill. Peeling away layer after layer of personal history to reveal the torment of a fugitive spirit, Missing Joseph is award-winning author Elizabeth George's greatest achievement.
- ISBN10 0553385488
- ISBN13 9780553385489
- Publish Date 15 April 2008 (first published 1 January 1993)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Random House USA Inc
- Imprint Bantam Dell Publishing Group, Div of Random House, Inc
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 592
- Language English
- URL https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9780553385489