Book description
The fourth novel in the Lydmouth crime series, from the prize-winning
author of the Richard and Judy Book Club novel,
The American Boy
.
When squatters occupy a disused military camp near Lydmouth, public
opinion is divided: do they really need shelter or are they merely
unpatriotic scroungers and Communist sympathisers?
When a man is found murdered in the Bathurst Arms, Detective Inspector
Richard Thornhill has no shortage of suspects. One of them is Philip
Wemyss-Brown, editor of the Lydmouth Gazette - and friend and employer
of Jill Francis.
Once again, Jill and Richard pursue the same answers for conflicting
reasons. This time, however, they have a second problem to solve, and
this one is even more personal . . . 'Marvellously creepy' A
bestselling crime writer, Andrew Taylor has also worked as a
boatbuilder, wages clerk, librarian, labourer and publisher's reader. He
has written many prize-winning crime novels and thrillers, including the
William Dougal crime series, the Lydmouth crime series, the
ground-breaking Roth Trilogy - which was televised as ITV's Fallen Angel
- and several standalone historical crime novels.
His many awards include the CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger in 2009 for
sustained excellence in crime writing, an Edgar Scroll from the Mystery
Writers of America, and the Crime Writers' Association Ellis Peters
Historical Dagger, which he has won twice - most recently for his
bestselling Richard & Judy Book Club novel, The American Boy, which
was also selected for The Times Top Ten Crime Novels of the Decade.
Bleeding Heart Square won Sweden's Martin Beck Award, the Golden Crowbar.
Andrew Taylor is also the crime fiction reviewer of the Spectator. He
lives with his wife in the Forest of Dean, on the borders of England and
Wales. To find out more, visit Andrew's website, www. andrew-taylor. co.
uk, and follow him on Twitter at twitter. com/andrewjrtaylor
