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Death's Own Door - Softcover

Book 6 of 8: Lydmouth Crime

Taylor, Andrew

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Synopsis

Journalist Jill Francis and Inspector Richard Thornhill undertake a baffling investigation of criminal perpetration set against the background of the Welsh border town of Lydmouth in the 1950s.

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About the Author

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

From AudioFile

Towards the end of the latest in the Lydmouth series, the author neatly ties up a series of past and present murders. But we're left with an eerie ending and a lack of certainty as to who really carried out the crimes. Inspector Thornhill, diligent and persistent, has more than the murders on his mind. His lover, reporter Jill Francis, is not only doing her own investigation of the case but both are often distracted by the uncertainty of their future together. Thornhill's wife, Edith, is also involved because she knew those who died. Peter Wickham's voices are well matched to the characters, and he portrays women exceptionally well. The plot unwinds slowly, but with this fine narration it doesn't seem so. S.S.R. © AudioFile 2010, Portland, Maine

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