- Paperback: 448 pages
- Publisher: Hodder Paperbacks; New Ed edition (29 Aug 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0340838620
- ISBN-13: 978-0340838624
- Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 13 x 3.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 344,491 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'How skilfully he recreates the atmosphere of the time through innuendo, attitude and detail rather than dogged description . . .Taylor is the master of small lives writ large' (Frances Fyfield, Express on THE SUFFOCATING )
'The most underrated crime writer in Britain today' (Val McDermid )
'Andrew Taylor is one of the most interesting, if not THE most interesting novelist writing on crime in England today' (Harriet Waugh, Spectator )
'Taylor is an excellent writer' (The Times )
'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 )
'The most underrated crime writer in Britain today' (Val McDermid )
'Andrew Taylor is one of the most interesting, if not THE most interesting novelist writing on crime in England today' (Harriet Waugh, Spectator )
'Taylor is an excellent writer' (The Times )
'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 )
Val McDermid
'The most underrated crime writer in Britain today'
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31 of 33 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Readers of Andrew Taylor's Lydmouth Trilogy will know they are remarkable for their effortless evocation of grim postwar Britain. Seen through the eyes of Inspector (now Chief Inspector) Richard Thornhill and journalist Jill Francis, crime in Lydmouth reveals the personal tragedies, injustices and absurdities of the period. In this the seventh in the series, Jill Francis, returns to Lydmouth after a 3 year hiatus to edit the Lydmouth Gazette. But she finds the town has changed for the worse and she can't escape her feelings for Thornhill. When a television salesman goes missing and a longstanding town character is murdered, once again she becomes involved in the crimes.
This is another page turning mystery from Taylor with a haunting atmosphere. However the resolution was not as surprising as it could have been. Taylor's strength is his sympathetic drawing of the main characters, but this book didn't seem to add anything new to the relationship between Jill and Richard Thornhill, nor did it really explain why they hadn't spoken in 3 years. Still there are some tantalising clues in here for what may happen next. A great series.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Andrew Taylor's Lydmouth series is an enjoyable collection of crime novels set in 1950s England, featuring Inspector Richard Thornhill. This is the third I've read and it maintains the high standards set earlier in the series. Taylor writes well, with interesting characters and a strong emphasis on their personal lives as well as their role in the plot. Like some of the other books in the series, the plot is interesting but fails to come to fruition; the conclusion seemed anti-climactic with a very perfunctory explanation for the main event - the murder of a retired doctor. The mysterious nature of several characters, including the new doctor, the lodger and Thornhill's sergeant didn't really fulfil their promise.
A good, easy read nonetheless.
A good, easy read nonetheless.
10 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
My first Andrew Taylor book - and I found it a delightful. Very interesting to learn more about life in the 1950's and thought that as a detective novel it had some very good twists and turns...I will be reading more!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Disappointing is an understatement...
I read The American Boy and loved it...it's the reason why I picked up this pile. Whilst the former evoked the atmosphere of the early 1800s effortlessly, this dirge was pitched... Read more
Published on 6 April 2010 by Catblack_uk
Not as well written as it could have been
This book is seriously marred for me by some sentences which should have been revised and/or edited, such as 'he turned into Albert Road'and 'she turned into the cemetery. Read more
Published on 25 May 2008 by White Rose
classic
I really enjoyed this book, have had to wait a while for this book to come and now it has it's lived up to expectation, proper classic who done it i really enjoyed it
Published on 19 Sep 2005
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