- Hardcover: 383 pages
- Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd (3 Sep 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0340695978
- ISBN-13: 978-0340695975
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,120,165 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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‘Taylor is an excellent writer’ (Times )
'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 and, in the phrase coined in this era of surly pubs and poor food, he has carved a classic detective story which is deceptively calm and cool, but really smashing' (Frances Fyfield, Express )
''The latest of Andrew Taylor's Lydmouth series of books, in which he has so effectively created the atmosphere of the 1950s, with its genteel drabness and carefully preserved hierarchy of relationships . . . Is another satisfying read, in which the characters are as important as the events and tension develops naturally without contrivance.' (Susanna Yager, Sunday Telegraph )
'Marvellously creepy' (Frances Fyfield, Mail on Sunday ) --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
'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 and, in the phrase coined in this era of surly pubs and poor food, he has carved a classic detective story which is deceptively calm and cool, but really smashing' (Frances Fyfield, Express )
''The latest of Andrew Taylor's Lydmouth series of books, in which he has so effectively created the atmosphere of the 1950s, with its genteel drabness and carefully preserved hierarchy of relationships . . . Is another satisfying read, in which the characters are as important as the events and tension develops naturally without contrivance.' (Susanna Yager, Sunday Telegraph )
'Marvellously creepy' (Frances Fyfield, Mail on Sunday ) --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
Frances Fyfield, Mail on Sunday
'Marvellously creepy'
--This text refers to the
Paperback
edition.
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Whilst not the best in the series, this fourth in the Lydmouth series by Andrew Taylor does neatly progress the emerging relationship between DI Richard Thornhill and his soon to be lover, Jil Francis.
Each of the novels deals with a different aspect of life in dull, constrained, post war Britain. The Suffocating Night dwells on the now little thought of communist threat - when people really did believe that there might have been "reds under the bed".
If you can, buy the whole Lydmouth series at once and take pleasure in reading them in order. If you prefer to dip in at random, then I don't suggest this is the best start for you - try Death's Own Door, or first novel An Air that Kills. Either of these present a more complete crime novel with a more exciting plot. However The Suffocating Night has its charm and like all of Andrew Taylor's books is very well written and astonishingly under valued in the UK's hall of crime writing fame. Why isn't DI Thornhill on UK TV yet? He certainly should be by now, rather than yet another Frost repeat!!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Another excellent book by Andrew Taylor. I am a great fan of his Lydmouth series since I read his first book many years ago. Taylor brilliantly evokes a small town in England during the post-war age, Believable characters and a plot that grips
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This series of Taylor's is set in a pleasant part of England close to the Welsh border. These are detective novels though the detective is not the only character with a point of view. The suspects in the murder and their families feature strongly and have their own histories. Journalist Jill Francis is the detective's romantic interest, even though he is a married man. When one of her previous lovers arrives in Lydmouth he becomes a murder suspect. Taylor has set his novels in the early 1950's and in this style he resembles Agatha Christie, though he can also compare favourabley to Ruth Rendell and P.D. James. An easy and fast paced read.
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