Missing Joseph (Inspector Lynley Series #6)

Learning of the poisoning of the Vicar of Winslough while on vacation at Lancashire, Deborah and Simon St. James call on Inspector Thomas Lynley to investigate. As Lynley attempts to uncover the murderer, many of the town's darkest secrets are revealed—one of which is witchcraft.

The reigning queen of the British mystery, it turns out, is an Ohio native living in Washington State. Best known for her Inspector Lynley series, Elizabeth George says that what drives her books is the psychological goings-on of her characters. She doesn't even mind, she says, if readers figure out the killer before the end -- the motive will always be a surprise.