01401cam a2200289 4500 71521820 TxAuBib 20070531120000.0 060331s2006||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2006043520 9780060545628 acid-free paper 0060545623 acid-free paper DLC DLC BAKER JZ6 YDXCP NSB C#P YDX BTCTA DLC TxAuBib George, Elizabeth. What came before he shot her / Elizabeth George. 1st ed. New York : HarperCollins, 2006. 548 p. ; 24 cm. "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."--From source other than the Library of Congress. 20070727. Lynley, Thomas (Fictitious character) Fiction. Abandoned children England London Fiction. Male juvenile delinquents England London Fiction. Kensington and Chelsea (London, England) Social conditions Fiction. North Kensington (London, England) Social conditions Fiction. Mystery fiction.