A Banquet of Consequences

Name: A Banquet of Consequences
Rating: 3.95 (19858 reviews)
Author: Elizabeth George

Inspector Lynley • Book 19

by Elizabeth George

Narrated by John Lee

3.95 ABR Score (19.9K ratings)

★ 3.98 Goodreads (18.6K) ★ 4.28 Audible (1.2K)

21h 34m Released 2015 Mystery

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Why Listen to This Audiobook?

John Lee has narrated so many Lynley novels he sounds like he actually works at Scotland Yard — and at 21 hours, book 19 gives him plenty of time to prove it.

Great if you want: deep character drama alongside a methodical police procedural
Listening experience: slow and layered — rewards patience, not ideal for genre-hoppers
Narration: Lee's command of English class and regional accents is exceptional here
Skip if: you haven't read earlier Lynley books — backstory runs deep

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About This Audiobook

A Banquet of Consequences, the nineteenth Lynley novel, divides its investigative attention between London and the Dorset countryside, where the apparent suicide of a young man off a coastal cliff may connect to a poisoning in Cambridge months earlier. George's novel is characteristically dense with psychology and family history, and Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers, desperate to redeem herself after professional setbacks, pushes the Dorset angle with everything she has.

John Lee has narrated the Inspector Lynley series for years and brings the books' considerable emotional weight to the surface without melodrama. His ability to hold the long, layered sentences of George's prose and sustain multiple points of view across an extended runtime is remarkable. The slow-burn revelations that define George's method reward the patience that audio requires.