Book description
The seventh novel in the Lydmouth crime series, from the prize-winning
author of the Richard and Judy Book Club novel,
The American Boy
.
Britain is basking in the warm glow of post-war tranquillity, but in
the quiet town of Lydmouth, darker forces are at play. When retired GP,
Dr Bayswater, is found dead with a gentleman's yellow kid glove gnawed
by rats lying next to him, Detective Chief Inspector Richard Thornhill
is drafted in to investigate. Bayswater had many enemies, notably Dr
Connolly and a local lorry driver with a grudge and a need for money.
With enough on his plate already, the last thing Thornhill needs is the
arrival of Jill Francis to become acting editor of the Gazette, which
does little to calm the storm . . . 'The people depicted here are real
and believable and the drabness and genteel facade of Fifties England is
skilfully brought to life. Taylor is, as always, adept at showing the
reality beneath the surface' 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
