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The Mortal Sickness: The Lydmouth Crime Series Book 2
Andrew Taylor
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The second novel in the Lydmouth crime series, from the prize-winning author of the Richard and Judy Book Club novel, The American Boy.
When a spinster of the parish is found bludgeoned to death in St John's and the Lydmouth chalice is missing, the finger of suspicion points at the new vicar, who is already beset with problems.
The glare of the police investigation reveals shabby secrets and private griefs. Jill Francis, struggling to find her feet in her new life, stumbles into the case. But even a journalist cannot always watch from the sidelines and she is soon inextricably involved in the Suttons' affairs. Despite the electric antagonism between her and Inspector Richard Thornhill, she has instincts that she can't ignore . . .
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Praise for The Mortal Sickness: The Lydmouth Crime Series Book 2
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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
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