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Zusatztext The most underrated crime writer in Britain today Informationen zum Autor Andrew Taylor is a British crime and historical novelist, winner of the Cartier Diamond Dagger (for lifelong excellence in the genre) and the triple winner of the Historical Dagger. His books include the Sunday Times bestsellers The Ashes of London and The Fire Court, the international bestseller The American Boy (a Richard and Judy selection); the Roth Trilogy (filmed for TV as Fallen Ange l); the Lydmouth Series; the William Dougal Series, The Anatomy of Ghosts , shortlisted for the Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year, and The Scent of Death . He lives on the borders of England and Wales. He reviews for the Spectator and The Times . For more information about Andrew Taylor and his books, see: www.andrew-taylor.co.uk or follow him on twitter: @andrewjrtaylor Klappentext From the No.1 bestselling author of The Ashes of London and The Fire Court ! this is the sixth instalment in the acclaimed Lydmouth series When the body of Rufus Moorcroft! a middle-aged widower with a distinguished war record! is found in his summerhouse! the verdict is suicide. But both reporter Jill Francis and her lover! Detective Richard Thornhill! approaching the case from different angles! discover there's more to it than that. The key to the mystery stretches back to a highly-charged summer before the war! and back to another death. A local asylum plays a part! as do a moderately famous artist and his wife; Superintendent Williamson! now retired and loathing it; Councillor Bernie Broadbent - a man with more pies than fingers to put in them; a Cambridge don; an aristocratic unmarried mother! now gleefully drawing her old-age pension; and - to Thornhill's surprise and growing horror - his own wife! Edith. 'An excellent writer . He plots with care and intelligence and the solution to the mystery is satisfyingly chilling ' The Times 'The most under-rated crime writer in Britain today' Val McDermid 'There is no denying Taylor's talent ! his prose exudes a quality uncommon among his contemporaries' Time Out From the prize-winning author of Richard and Judy Book Club novel, The American Boy and The Ashes of London , this is the sixth in the acclaimed Lydmouth crime series, set on the Welsh/English border in the confusing years after the Second World War. Zusammenfassung The sixth in the acclaimed Lydmouth crime series, set on the Welsh/English border in the years after World War II...
