George, Elizabeth <br/><br/>
What came before he shot her 
/ Elizabeth George 
 - 808 pages 
 - Inspector Lynley,  14 .
<br/><br/> In North Kensington three orphaned mixed-race children are bounced from one home to another. The middle child Joel takes care of the youngest, Toby, who isn't quite right. When a local gang threatens Toby, Joel makes a pact with the devil that ends in the murder of Thomas Lynley's wife. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780062087577 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Abandoned children--Fiction<br/>Male juvenile delinquents--Fiction
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Detective and mystery fiction
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>Fic