Naked to the Hangman
The Lydmouth Crime Series Book 8
$39.44
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
1 September 2007
Summary
As a young police officer in Palestine during the closing months of the Mandate - the cradle of Middle Eastern terrorism - Richard Thornhill saw and did things which still haunt his dreams and make him fear for his sanity. Is he himself a killer? Now, when a retired police officer is found dead in the ruins of Lydmouth Castle, the past has come back to claim Detective Inspector Thornhill, and he is under suspicion of another murder. His wife Edith and former lover Jill Francis join forces in …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780340895214 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0340895217 |
| Author: | Andrew Taylor |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Hodder Paperback |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 1 September 2007 |
| Weight: | 285g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 26mm |
| Series: | The Lydmouth Crime Series |
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Critics Review
A brilliant take on the classic golden-age mystery updated with contemporary candour and enhanced by Taylor’s ability to make characters rounded and real through his intuitive understanding of obsolete habits… a gripping and intelligent novel; highly recommended. - Literary Review
Andrew Taylor’s Lydmouth series becomes more impressive with each book… Taylor’s special skill is getting under the skill of his characters and creating a vivid portrait of even the dullest setting. It’s a very accomplished novel. - Sunday TelegraphAtmospheric - Daily MailStriking … A considerable achievement. - Tangled WebComplex and absorbing - Woman & HomeAbout The Author
Andrew Taylor
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.
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