Caroline Minuscule: William Dougal Crime Series Book 1 - Softcover

Taylor, Andrew

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0340932910 ISBN 13: 9780340932919

Publisher: Hodder Paperbacks, 2007

Synopsis

Graduate student William Dougal and his girlfriend, Amanda, investigate the murder of a lecturer at the university who is a noted authority on Caroline Minuscule, a medieval script, and find themselves involved in a hunt for diamonds

About this title

About the Author:

Andrew Taylor has been a full-time writer since 1981 and reviews and writes about crime fiction, particularly in the Independent and the literary quarterly Books and Company. He has written over twenty books, mainly crime novels and thrillers and won the John Creasey Memorial Award from the Crime Writers' Association and an Edgar Scroll from the Mystery Writers of America for Caroline Minuscule. Mr. Taylor has worked as a boatbuilder, wages clerk, teacher, librarian, labourer and freelance publisher's editor. He lives with his wife and plot consultant, and their children Sarah and William in the Forest of Dean on the borders of England and Wales. They have two cats named Max and Tom.

Review:

""Andrew Taylor... was given the thumbs up long ago for beautifully crafted, well written narratives combining subtlety, depth and that vital 'Oh, my God, what the hell is going to happen next?' factor, which is the driving force of the story-teller. He is also that rarity that can manage the semi-historical as well as the modern..."" Frances Fyfield, Daily Express

""Mr Taylor is a sophisticated writer...with a high degree of literary expertise."" New York Times Book Review

., .""ein Meister des Grauens...Taylor ist ein Vivisekteur der Seelen...Tobias Gohlis Die Zeit

""Taylor is an excellent writer."" Marcel Berlins, The Times (London)

""As Andrew Taylor triumphantly proves...there is still room for excellence."" Irish Times

""Taylor is a major thriller talent."" Time Out

""There's no doubting Mr Taylor's talent...exciting, readable and thoroughly amoral."" Daily Telegraph

""One of Britain's best writers of psychological suspense.""The Times

""Taylor is a highly entertaining, crisp and clean writer, particularly skilled in the art of the melodramatic plot twist."" Publishers' Weekly

""Like Hitchcock, Taylor pitches extreme and gothic events within a hair's breadth of normality."" Times Literary Supplement

., .""this author knows precisely how to wield suspense."" Independent on Sunday

""Taylor generates an electric atmosphere..."" Daily Mail

About this edition

• Publisher: Hodder Paperbacks
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0340932910
• ISBN 13: 9780340932919
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288