George, Elizabeth, 1949- <br/><br/>
What came before he shot her 
/ Elizabeth George 
 - New York  : HarperCollins Publishers  , c2006. 
 - 548 p.  ; 24 cm. 
<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>9780060545628 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2006043520 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Lynley, Thomas (Fictitious character)----Fiction<br/>Abandoned children----Fiction
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Kensington and Chelsea (London, England)---Social conditions----Fiction<br/>North Kensington (London, England)---Social conditions----Fiction
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Mystery fiction
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS3557.E478  / W47 2006 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>MYS GEO