El padre ausente

Synopsis of El padre ausente

«El padre ausente» is the crime novel by Elizabeth George, published by Debolsillo in paperback (640 pages, in Spanish).

Deborah meets a vicar in London while contemplating a painting by Leonardo; his words deepen her desire to be a mother. When she travels with her husband Simon to Lancashire to see him, they discover he has died of poisoning. Simon and Thomas Lynley investigate whether it was an accident and uncover the village's secrets and those of the woman who dined with the priest.

Part of the Inspector Lynley series; it was originally published as «Missing Joseph» in 1993.

For readers of crime fiction and police investigations set in English villages.