For The Sake Of Elena

Elena Weaver was a surprise to anyone meeting her for the first time. In herclingy dresses and dangling earrings she exuded a sexuality at odds with theinnocenc... » 

Elena Weaver was a surprise to anyone meeting her for the first time. In herclingy dresses and dangling earrings she exuded a sexuality at odds with theinnocence projected by the unicorn posters on her walls. While her embitteredmother fretted about her welfare from her home in London in CambridgewhereElena was a student at St. Stephens Collegeher father and his second wifeeach had their own very different image of the girl. As for Elena she lived alife of casual and intense physical and emotional relationships with scores tosettle and goals to achieveuntil someone lying in wait along the route sheran every morning bludgeoned her to death. Unwilling to turn the killing overto the local police the university calls in New Scotland Yard. Thus DetectiveInspector Thomas Lynley and his partner Detective Sergeant Barbara Haversenter the rarefied world of Cambridge University where academic gowns oftenhide murderous intentions. For both officers the true identity of Elena Weaverproves elusive. Each relationship the girl left behind casts new light both onElena and on those people who appeared to know her bestfrom an unsavorySwedishborn Shakespearean professor to the brooding head of the Deaf StudentsUnion. Whats more Elenas father a Cambridge professor under considerationfor a prestigious post is a man with his own dark secrets. While his past sinsmake him neurotically dedicated to Elena and blind to her blacker side presentdemons drive him toward betrayal.From the Paperback edition. «