Corsa verso il baratro - 9788850247585

Corsa verso il baratro: Come ogni mattina Elena Weaver, giovane e bella studentessa del St. Stephen's College di Cambridge, esce all'alba per andare ad allenarsi. E, come ogni mattina, la sua dovrebbe essere una corsa tra i parchi della cittadella universitaria. Qualcuno, però, la sta aspettando... Un delitto assurdo, perpetrato con spietata ferocia. Il college chiama in causa New Scotland Yard, e tornano in scena l'ispettore Thomas Lynley e il sergente Barbara Havers, pronti a rovistare negli armadi più oscuri dell'esclusivo ambiente di Cambridge. Gli ostacoli saranno molti, molte le domande, e prima fra tutte: chi era realmente Elena Weaver?
Like every morning, despite the cold, Helen Weaver, beautiful young student at St Stephen's College, Cambridge, was released at dawn to go to coach along the river. Somebody, though, is waiting for you. An absurd crime, perpetrated with ruthless ferocity. Elena, although deaf and mute, was full of life, of sensuality and innocence at the same time that no one can explain a horrible end. The tragedy has a devastating impact on the Golden world of college English, also belongs to the girl's father, esteemed professor who aspires to a position of prestige. And maybe the truth lies in that rarefied Universe, as well as in the family circle. The college engages New Scotland Yard inspector Thomas Lynley, and return on stage and Sergeant Barbara Havers, ready to rummage in closets darkest of the exclusive environment of Cambridge, sure to find, among large Shakespearean readings, and togas of a skeleton. But meet for major obstacles, Chief among them the difficulty of framing the personality of the victim. The novel was previously published under the title ' for the sake of Elena??.