'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 fifth instalment in the acclaimed Lydmouth series
When Mattie Harris's body is found drowned in the river, everyone in Lydmouth knows something is wrong. Mattie wasn't a swimmer - it can't have been a simple accident. She was drunk on the last night of her life - could she have fallen in? Or was she pushed?
Mattie was a waitress, of no importance at all, so when Lydmouth's most prominent citizens become very anxious to establish that her death was accidental, Jill Francis's suspicions become roused. In the meantime she is becoming ever closer to Inspector Richard Thornhill, and discovering that the living have as many secrets as the dead...
'An excellent writer. He plots with care and intelligence and the solution to the mystery is satisfyingly chilling' The Times
'The most under-rated crime writer in Britain today' Val McDermid
'There is no denying Taylor's talent, his prose exudes a quality uncommon among his contemporaries' Time Out
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN: 9780340696002
Number of pages: 432
Dimensions: 177 x 111 x 26 mm
Weight: 299 g
Language: English
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, as the characters interact and the unsavoury truth behind the murder is gradually revealed - Sunday Telegraph
'Excellent Lydmouth mysteries' Play
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 Night
'He writes terribly well' Glasgow Evening Times
Taylor is an excellent writer - The Times
'Does full justice to Andrew Taylor's reputation as on of the greatest award winning crime writers of our time' Bangor Chronicle
What makes these novels transcend the average mystery is the author's uncanny ability to create another era so comprehensively that the reader is walking along the same pavements and driving the same cars - Independent
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Strange Buildings
Silent Bones
She Didn't See It Coming
A Schooling in Murder
A Killer in Paradise
Murder at Gulls Nest
The Hallmarked Man
Clown Town
Exit Strategy
The Murder at World’s End
The Cut Throat Trial
Broken Country
The Secret of Secrets
Young Mattie Harris is found floating in the river by Jimmy Leigh, a slow-witted young man. Mattie was a waitress at the local cafe, but her death has got the old men of Lydmouth closing ranks. Detective... More
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