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Zusatztext What makes these novels transcend the average mystery is the author's uncanny ability to create another era so comprehensively that the reader is walking along the same pavements and driving the same cars 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 fifth instalment in the acclaimed Lydmouth series When Mattie Harris's body is found drowned in the river! everyone in Lydmouth knows something is wrong. Mattie wasn't a swimmer - it can't have been a simple accident. She was drunk on the last night of her life - could she have fallen in? Or was she pushed? Mattie was a waitress! of no importance at all! so when Lydmouth's most prominent citizens become very anxious to establish that her death was accidental! Jill Francis's suspicions become roused. In the meantime she is becoming ever closer to Inspector Richard Thornhill! and discovering that the living have as many secrets as the dead... '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 fifth in the acclaimed Lydmouth crime series, set on the Welsh/English border in the confusing years after the Second World War. Zusammenfassung The fifth in the acclaimed Lydmouth crime series! set on the Welsh/English border in the years after World War II ...
