Janet Shore was the sickly, most easily overlooked daughter of a brood of eight boisterous children. But Janet’s tendency to fall ill and her natural penchant for devouring stories in her sickbed reveal a most extraordinary ability: the power to fully immerse herself in a book—in mind and soul, if not in body. By tethering her wrist to a suitable anchor in the real world and with the recitation of several key words, Janet can spend hour after hour in whatever literary plot has stolen her fancy. But such a power is an enticing thing, and that which tempts the desires of the masses is sure to bring overwhelming fame to its bearer. Where can someone so well known escape for peace and solitude? A DEATH SENTENCE STORY: original shorts about deadly books from the world's best crime writers.
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Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name. See this thread for more information. Susan Elizabeth George is an American author of mystery novels set in Great Britain. Eleven of her novels, featuring her character Inspector Lynley, have been adapted for television by the BBC as The Inspector Lynley Mysteries. She was born in Warren, Ohio, but moved to the San Francisco Bay Area when she was eighteen months old. She was a student of English, receiving a teaching certificate. While teaching English in the public school system, she completed an advanced degree in psychology. Her first published novel was A Great Deliverance in 1988, featuring Thomas Lynley, Lord Asherton, a Scotland Yard inspector of noble birth; Barbara Havers, Lynley's assistant, from a very working-class background; Lady Helen Clyde, Lynley's girlfriend and later wife, of noble birth as well; and Lynley's friends Simon and Deborah St. James. This Elizabeth George is distinct from the other author named Elizabeth George (Christian author). Series: * Inspector Lynley
