The Lover of the Grave by Andrew Taylor - ISBN: 9780340617151
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Hanging, secrets, and fear grip Lydmouth in a chilling mystery.

The Lover of the Grave

The Lydmouth Crime Series Book 3

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  • Paperback

    320 pages

  • Release Date

    8 October 1997

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Summary

‘Andrew Taylor is a master story-teller’ Daily Telegraph

From the No.1 bestselling author of The Ashes of London and The Fire Court, this is the third instalment in the acclaimed Lydmouth series

After the coldest night of the year, they find the man’s body. He is dangling from the Hanging Tree on the outskirts of a village near Lydmouth, with his trousers round his ankles. Is it suicide, murder, or accidental death resulting from some bizarre sexual …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780340617151
ISBN-10:0340617152
Author:Andrew Taylor
Publisher:Hodder & Stoughton
Imprint:Hodder Paperback
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:320
Edition:2nd
Release Date:8 October 1997
Weight:224g
Dimensions:178mm x 111mm x 22mm
Series:The Lydmouth Crime Series
What They're Saying

Critics Review

The most under-rated crime writer in Britain today

‘Taylor’s Lydmouth series is turning the classical detective story into a complex picture of our own past’ [Independent]

‘Andrew Taylor is one of the most interesting, if not the most interesting novelist writing on crime in England today’ [Spectator]

‘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’ [Sunday Telegraph]

‘How skilfully he recreates the atmosphere of the time through innuendo, attitude and detail …Taylor is the master of small lives writ large and he has carved a classic detective story’ [Frances Fyfield]

‘The most under-rated crime writer in Britain today’ [Val McDermid]

About The Author

Andrew Taylor

Andrew Taylor is a British crime and historical novelist, winner of the Cartier Diamond Dagger (for lifelong excellence in the genre) and the triple winner of the Historical Dagger. His books include the Sunday Times bestsellers The Ashes of London and The Fire Court, the international bestseller The American Boy (a Richard and Judy selection); the Roth Trilogy (filmed for TV as Fallen Angel); the Lydmouth Series; the William Dougal Series, The Anatomy of Ghosts, shortlisted for the Theakston’s Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year, and The Scent of Death. He lives on the borders of England and Wales. He reviews for the Spectator and The Times.

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