- Hardcover: 400 pages
- Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton; First Edition edition (19 Oct 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0340895195
- ISBN-13: 978-0340895191
- Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 16.2 x 3.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 759,035 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'Taylor's novels are always intelligent, well-structured and engrossing reads.'
(Yorkshire Post )'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 Telegraph )'This latest entry in the excellent Lydmouth series is arguably even stronger than its predecessor, the admirable Call for the Dying . . . He draws us completely into the remote world of 1950s rural England and makes what happens there matter very much. A considerable achievement.'
(Tangled Web )Praise for Andrew Taylor and CALL THE DYING (: )
'Taylor's Lydmouth series is turning the classical detective story into a complex picture of our own past' (Independent )
'CALL THE DYING is expert, ingenious and absorbing.' (Literary Review )
'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. Like Ruth Rendell he produces particularly good, emotionally complex psychological novels and rather better straight detective novels than she does in her Wexford series' (Harriet Waugh, Spectator )
'Taylor is an excellent writer' (The Times )
'Taylor is, as always, adept at showing the reality beneath the surface, as the characters interact and the unsavoury truth behind the murder is gradually revealed' (Sunday Telegraph )
'Full of nostalgic detail, this is old-fashioned crime at its best - perfect for a cold winter night in front of a roaring fire.' (Sunday Times )
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'Taylor's novels are always intelligent, well-structured and engrossing reads.' -- Yorkshire Post '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 Telegraph 'This latest entry in the excellent Lydmouth series is arguably even stronger than its predecessor, the admirable Call for the Dying ... He draws us completely into the remote world of 1950s rural England and makes what happens there matter very much. A considerable achievement.' -- Tangled Web Praise for Andrew Taylor and CALL THE DYING -- : 'Taylor's Lydmouth series is turning the classical detective story into a complex picture of our own past' -- Independent 'CALL THE DYING is expert, ingenious and absorbing.' -- Literary Review '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. Like Ruth Rendell he produces particularly good, emotionally complex psychological novels and rather better straight detective novels than she does in her Wexford series' -- Harriet Waugh, Spectator 'Taylor is an excellent writer' -- The Times 'Taylor is, as always, adept at showing the reality beneath the surface, as the characters interact and the unsavoury truth behind the murder is gradually revealed' -- Sunday Telegraph 'Full of nostalgic detail, this is old-fashioned crime at its best - perfect for a cold winter night in front of a roaring fire.' -- Sunday Times
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is the best Lydmouth to date, I reckon. Thornhill is taken to the edge of a breakdown when haunting memories of his time in Palestine are stripped bare and the body of a retired policeman is found in the town. The sexual tension (1950s style) between Thornhill, his wife Edith and Jill Francis tightens as the rain continues, the flooded river rises and the apparently ordinary events of the town threaten to mask the arrival of a ruthless killer. It's a wonderfully atmospheric read and very, very hard to put down.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is the first review I have done of one of Andrew Taylor's novels although it is not the first of his I've read. I really enjoy this series because of the wonderful period detail and the way in which he creates the mood and spirit of the 1950s. In many respects it is the atmospheric setting and the quality of the characterisation that really grab your attention. The plots are relatively straighforward but also utterly realistic - which in many respects is a further reflection of what you would expect to find in a 1950s provincial town. I would agree with the other reviewer that this is probably the best of the series.
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