From the author of The Ashes of London, comes a new historical mystery set in the last days of WWII‘A grand piece of work – a triumph and one of Taylor’s best’ MICK HERRON 'A wonderfully unique novel from the master of historical crime fiction. Beautiful, haunting, and quite brilliant' LAURA SHEPHERD-ROBINSON ‘As good as I’d expect from a master of the craft’ VAL MCDERMID 'A wonderful, subtle novel, set in a strange, enclosed world. Beautiful writing and a gloriously satisfying ending' ANN CLEEVES ––––––––- England, May 1945 Monkshill Park School for Girls seems a world away from the violence that engulfed Europe during World War II. Yet its lonely, decaying grounds have witnessed a murder. Annabel Warnock, a teacher with a secretive past, left for the holidays and never came back. Both teachers and girls assume she simply walked out, but the truth is quite different. Her body tumbled from the Maiden’s Leap, a viewpoint on the clifftop Gothic Walk, and was washed out to sea. But Annabel herself is still trapped at Monkshill, unable to move on. As she haunts the grounds and school, she discovers a hidden world – students, staff and servants are riven with deadly rivalries and dangerous tensions. And one of them is her killer…

A Schooling in Murder

THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER AND AWARD-WINNING RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK Available for the first time as a downloadable audio file. England 1819: Thomas Shield, a new master at a school just outside London, is tutor to a young American boy and the boy’s sensitive best friend, Charles Frant. Drawn to Frant’s beautiful, unhappy mother, Thomas becomes caught up in her family’s twisted intrigues. Then a brutal crime is committed, with consequences that threaten to destroy Thomas and all that he has come to hold dear. Despite his efforts, Shield is caught up in a deadly tangle of sex, money, murder and lies – a tangle that grips him tighter even as he tries to escape from it. And what of the strange American child, at the heart of these macabre events, yet mysterious – what is the secret of the boy named Edgar Allen Poe?

The American Boy

The first book in the No. 1 Times bestselling series‘This is terrific stuff’ Daily Telegraph ‘A breathtakingly ambitious picture of an era’ Financial Times ‘A masterclass in how to weave a well-researched history into a complex plot’ The Times Over 1 Million Andrew Taylor Novels Sold!A CITY IN FLAMES London, 1666. As the Great Fire consumes everything in its path, the body of a man is found in the ruins of St Paul’s Cathedral – stabbed in the neck, thumbs tied behind his back. A WOMAN ON THE RUN The son of a traitor, James Marwood is forced to hunt the killer through the city’s devastated streets. There he encounters a determined young woman, who will stop at nothing to secure her freedom. A KILLER SEEKING REVENGE When a second murder victim is discovered in the Fleet Ditch, Marwood is drawn into the political and religious intrigue of Westminster – and across the path of a killer with nothing to lose…

James Marwood & Cat Lovett

The Ashes of London

From the No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author comes a World War Two tale of one boy’s fight for survival in Nazi EuropeA secret mission… 1939. As Europe teeters on the brink of war, Alfred Kendall is tasked with carrying out a minor mission for the British Intelligence Service. Travelling to Prague, he takes his troubled young son, Hugh, as cover. A terrible choice… When Hitler invades Czechoslovakia, Alfred is given an ultimatum by the Czech Resistance. They will arrange for him to return to England, but only if he leaves his son Hugh behind as collateral. A young boy stranded in Nazi terrain… Hugh is soon taken under the wing of a Nazi colonel – Helmuth Scholl. But even though Scholl treats Hugh well, his son, Heinz, is suspicious of this foreigner. And as the war across the continent intensifies, they are set on a path that will ultimately lead towards destruction…

The Second Midnight

From No.1 bestselling author Andrew Taylor comes the sequel to the phenomenally successful The Ashes of London Over 1 Million Andrew Taylor Novels Sold!A time of terrible danger… The Great Fire has ravaged London. Now, guided by the Fire Court, the city is rebuilding, but times are volatile and danger is only ever a heartbeat away. Two mysterious deaths… James Marwood, a traitor’s son, is thrust into this treacherous environment when his father discovers a dead woman in the very place where the Fire Court sits. The next day his father is run down. Accident? Or another murder…? A race to stop a murderer… Determined to uncover the truth, Marwood turns to the one person he can trust – Cat Lovett, the daughter of a despised regicide. Then comes a third death… and Marwood and Cat are forced to confront a vicious killer who threatens the future of the city itself.

The Fire Court

The Roth Trilogy

The Four Last Things

From the No.1 bestselling author of The Last Protector and The Ashes of London comes the next book in the phenomenally successful series following James Marwood and Cat Lovett during the time of King Charles II. Over 1 Million Andrew Taylor Novels Sold!A Times Best Paperback of 2022Two young girls plot a murder by witchcraft. Soon afterwards a government clerk dies painfully in mysterious circumstances. His colleague James Marwood is asked to investigate – but the task brings unexpected dangers. Meanwhile, architect Cat Hakesby is working for a merchant who lives on Slaughter Street, where the air smells of blood and a captive Barbary lion prowls the stables. Then a prestigious new commission arrives. Cat must design a Poultry House for the woman that the King loves most in all the world. Unbeknownst to all, at the heart of this lies a royal secret so explosive that it could not only rip apart England but change the entire face of Europe…

The Royal Secret

In Two Years Below the Horn, engineer Andrew Taylor vividly recounts his experiences and accomplishments during Operation Tabarin, a landmark British expedition to Antarctica to establish sovereignty and conduct science during the Second World War. When mental strain led the operation’s first commander to resign, Taylor—a military engineer with extensive prewar surveying experience—became the first and only Canadian to lead an Antarctic expedition. As commander of the operation, Taylor oversaw construction of the first permanent base on the Antarctic continent at Hope Bay. From there, he led four-man teams on two epic sledging journeys around James Ross Island,overcoming arduous conditions and correcting cartographic mistakes made by previous explorers. The editors’ detailed afterword draws on Taylor’s extensive personal papers to highlight Taylor’s achievements and document his significant contributions to polar science. 		This book will appeal to readers interested in the history of polar exploration, science, and sovereignty. It also sheds light on the little known contribution of a Canadian to a distant theatre of the Second World War. The wartime service of Major Taylor reveals important new details about a groundbreaking operation that laid the foundation for the British Antarctic Survey and marked a critical moment in the transition from the heroic to the modern scientific era in polar exploration.

Two Years Below the Horn

The Office of the Dead

From the No. 1 bestselling author of THE AMERICAN BOY comes a brilliant new historical thriller set during the French Revolution. Selected as Historical Novel of the Year by The Times and Sunday Times, and picked as one of Radio 4’s Crime Books of the Year. Paris, 1792. Terror reigns as the city writhes in the grip of revolution. The streets run with blood as thousands lose their heads to the guillotine. Edward Savill, working in London as agent for a wealthy American, receives word that his estranged wife Augusta has been killed in France. She leaves behind ten-year-old Charles, who is brought to England to Charnwood Court, a house in the country leased by a group of émigré refugees. Savill is sent to retrieve the boy, though it proves easier to reach Charnwood than to leave. And only when Savill arrives there does he discover that Charles is mute. The boy has witnessed horrors beyond his years, but what terrible secret haunts him so deeply that he is unable to utter a word?

The Silent Boy

The Judgement of Strangers

From the No.1 bestselling author of The American Boy and The Ashes of London comes a collection of three gothic novellas – Broken Voices, The Leper House and The Scratch – perfect for fans of The Loney by Andrew Michael Hurley. Three dark tales to read by the fireside in the cold winter months BROKEN VOICES It’s Christmas before the Great War and two lonely schoolboys have been left in the care of an elderly teacher. There is little to do but listen to his eerie tales about the nearby Cathedral. The boys concoct a plan to discover if the stories are true. But curiosity can prove fatal. THE LEPER HOUSE One stormy night, a man’s car breaks down. The only light comes from a remote cottage by the sea. The mysterious woman who lives there begs him to leave, yet the next day he feels compelled to return. But, the woman is nowhere to be seen. And neither is the cottage. THE SCRATCH Clare and Gerald live in the Forest of Dean with their cat, Cannop. Gerald’s young nephew, back from service in Afghanistan, comes to stay, with a scratch that won’t heal. Jack and Cannop don't like each other. Clare and Jack like each other too much. The scratch begins to fester.

Fireside Gothic

Delve into this trove of anecdotes and stories to prove the core decency of humankind at a time when kindness can seem in short supply. This engaging collection demonstrates that courteous behaviour transcends all barriers, from gender and wealth to age and class – here are noble acts by footballers and fashionistas, television personalities and teenagers, great commanders and humble private soldiers, society ladies and modest housewives, elderly philosophers and very young children.It includes Alexander the Great, Marie Antoinette, the Duke of Wellington, Evelyn Waugh, Winston Churchill, Sammy Davis Junior and Colonel Tim Collins. Often amusing, sometimes moving, occasionally astounding and always fascinating, How to Be Kind is a tribute to the finest, albeit often overlooked, qualities of humankind.

How to Be Kind

Over 1 Million Andrew Taylor Novels Sold!A Times Historical Crime Novel of the year‘An absolute delight in a series that goes from strength to strength’ S. G. McLean, prize-winning author of the Seeker series ﻿‘This is Taylor at his unassailable best’ Financial Times London 1671 The damage caused by the Great Fire still overshadows the capital. The disfigured body of a man is unearthed in the ruins of the old almshouse, forcing architect Cat Hakesby to stop restoration work. It is clear he has been murdered, and Whitehall secretary James Marwood is ordered to investigate. When the man’s identity is revealed, it’s clear that there are larger forces at play, and Marwood comes under serious pressure to solve the case. But an old adversary is attempting to stop him. As Cat and Marwood follow the threads of corruption into the heart of government, the king himself is being distracted from affairs of state. A young, impoverished Frenchwoman has caught his eye – a quiet affair that will have monumental consequences.

The Shadows of London

Winner of The HWA Gold Crown 2020 From the No.1 bestselling author of The Ashes of London and The Fire Court comes the next book in the phenomenally successful series following James Marwood at the time of King Charles II.Over 1 Million Andrew Taylor Novels Sold!A royal scandal… In the Court of Charles II, it’s a dangerous time to be alive – a wrong move may lead to disgrace, exile or death. The discovery of a body at the home of one of the highest courtiers in the land could therefore have catastrophic consequences. A shocking murder… James Marwood, a traitor’s son, is ordered to cover up the killing. But the dead man is known to Marwood – as is the most likely culprit, Cat Lovett. The stakes have never been higher… Marwood is sure Cat is innocent so determines to discover the true murderer. But time is running out. If he makes a mistake, it could threaten the King himself… Praise for Andrew Taylor‘One of the best historical crime writers today’ The Times ‘If you like C. J. Sansom, or Hilary Mantel, you’ll love Andrew Taylor’ Peter James ‘Effortlessly authentic…gripping…moving and believable. An excellent work’ C. J. Sansom ‘This is historical crime fiction at its dazzling best’ Guardian ‘One of the best historical novelists around’ Sunday Times ‘A breathtakingly ambitious picture of an era’ Financial Times ‘A masterclass in writing for the genre’ Ann Cleeves ‘Andrew Taylor is one of our finest storytellers' Antonia Hodgson ‘Vivid and compelling’ Observer ‘A novel filled with intrigue, duplicity, scandal and betrayal, whose author now vies with another master of the genre, C. J. Sansom’ Spectator ‘Taylor brings the 17th century to life so vividly that one can almost smell it’ Guardian ‘A most artful and delightful book, that will both amuse and chill’ Daily Telegraph

The King’s Evil

From the No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author of The Ashes of London comes the next book in the phenomenally successful series following James Marwood and Cat Lovett.A dangerous secret lies beneath Whitehall Palace… Brother against brother. Father against son. Friends turned into enemies. No one in England wants a return to the bloody days of the Civil War. But Oliver Cromwell’s son, Richard, has abandoned his exile and slipped back into England. The consequences could be catastrophic. James Marwood, a traitor’s son turned government agent, is tasked with uncovering Cromwell’s motives. But his assignment is complicated by his friend – the regicide’s daughter, Cat Lovett – who knew the Cromwells as a child, and who now seems to be hiding a secret of her own about the family. Both Marwood and Cat know they are putting themselves in great danger. And when they find themselves on a top secret mission in the Palace of Whitehall, they realize they are risking their lives…and could even be sent to the block for treason. Praise for Andrew Taylor‘One of the best historical crime writers today’ The Times ‘If you like C. J. Sansom, or Hilary Mantel, you’ll love Andrew Taylor’ Peter James ‘Effortlessly authentic…gripping…moving and believable. An excellent work’ C. J. Sansom ‘This is historical crime fiction at its dazzling best’ Guardian ‘One of the best historical novelists around’ Sunday Times ‘A breathtakingly ambitious picture of an era’ Financial Times ‘A masterclass in writing for the genre’ Ann Cleeves ‘Andrew Taylor is one of our finest storytellers' Antonia Hodgson ‘Vivid and compelling’ Observer ‘A novel filled with intrigue, duplicity, scandal and betrayal, whose author now vies with another master of the genre, C. J. Sansom’ Spectator ‘Taylor brings the 17th century to life so vividly that one can almost smell it’ Guardian ‘A most artful and delightful book, that will both amuse and chill’ Daily Telegraph

The Last Protector

Lydmouth er en ældgammel markedsby på grænsen mellem England og Wales, en pittoresk idyl med slotsruin og et væld af historiske bygninger. Vi befinder os i det første tiår efter 2. Verdenskrig, hvor man i England gerne vil skue begge veje: tilbage mod den trygge storhedstid og fremad mod en moderne udvikling, der både medfører højere velstand, men også mere vold. Den nye sognepræst i Lydmouth hedder Alec Sutton, og han er mildt sagt upopulær. Nogle af sognebørnene bryder sig ikke om hans religiøse lære, andre er rasende, fordi han nægter at sælge alterkalken, kirkens mest værdifulde ejendom, så der kan blive råd til de mest presserende reparationer. Der er ikke langt til mordanklager mod præsten, da man finder en ældre, enlig kvinde banket ihjel i kirken. Samtidig er den værdifulde alterkalk på mystisk vis forsvundet. Anonyme breve og rygter florerer, og atmosfæren er efterhånden utåleligt giftig, da Jill Francis – byens unge, nye journalist – beslutter sig til at gå ind i sagen. Snart er hun dybt involveret i Alec Suttons anliggender, og trods den gnistrende modvilje imellem hende og kriminalassistent Richard Thornhill kan hun ikke ignorere sine instinkter. Anden bog i serien om kriminalassistent Thornhill.

Lydmouth

Dødelig dårskab

Storbritannien i tiåret efter Anden Verdenskrig skuer begge veje: tilbage mod den gamle, trygge storhedstid og fremad mod de moderne forandringer, velstand og vold. Lydmouth er en gammel markedsby på grænsen mellem England og Wales, en pittoresk by med en slotsruin og et væld af historiske bygninger. Den aldrende enkemand og krigshelt fra 1. Verdenskrig, Rufus Moorcroft, bliver fundet død efter at have skyllet flere dusin sovepiller ned med en halv flaske whisky. Kendelsen lyder på selvmord. Det er kriminalassistent Thornhill ikke helt tilfreds med, og han indleder en efterforskning. Moorcrofts dødsfald berører mange mennesker. En rengøringskone og en militærmand. En lidt for gesjæftig amtsrådsmand. En ugift moder, som mistede både sin dyd og sin baby, da Victoria sad på tronen. Gareth Loysey, en kendt kunstmaler, som hverken kunstnerisk eller økonomisk er helt på toppen mere. Og Thornhills tidligere chef, Raymond Williamson, som ikke kan affinde sig med sin pensionisttilværelse. Men værst af alt involverer undersøgelsen Thornhills egen kone Edith, da dødsfaldet viser sig at have tråde tilbage til et mystisk og mistænkeligt dødsfald, som indtraf i 1938 i en sommer, ladet med følelser. Og så sker der endnu et mord.

Blodrøde spor

Storbritannien i tiåret efter anden verdenskrig skuer begge veje: tilbage mod den gamle storhedstid og fremad mod forandringer, velstand og fred. Men i den søvnige markedsby Lydmouth på grænsen mellem England og Wales er mørke kræfter på spil. Den lange, hårde vinter vil ikke slippe sit greb om byen. Bag nedrullede gardiner påkalder man de døde under en seance. To lokalaviser bekæmper indædt hinanden. Rotter bliver opfedet på brød og mælk. En gentleman forlægger sin ene gule handske i toget. Og i mr. Prouts legetøjsbutik foregår der noget fordægtigt. Til denne beklumrede lilleby-atmosfære vender journalisten Jill Francis tilbage fra London for at overtage ledelsen af avisen Gazette. Kriminalkommissær Thornhill er også angrebet af tristesse. Der er ikke mange fornøjelser tilbage i hans liv, siden affæren med Jill fik en ende. Kun et lig, et fjernsynsapparat og fornemmelsen af, at nye problemer er på vej. "Lydmouth-serien er underholdende på den begavede måde. Er man til stille engelske krimier, er Taylors romaner lige den kop te, man vil nyde i store drag, der kan koste lidt nattesøvn." Bo Tao Michaëlis, Politiken Syvende bog i Lydmouth-serien.

Seance med skæbnen

Det er ugen op til mindehøjtideligheden for de faldne i Første Verdenskrig. November, de dødes måned. Da arbejdsmænd under nedrivningen af en gammel kro falder over de sørgelige rester af et nyfødt barn i et for længst nedlagt lokum, bliver Jill meget mod sin vilje inddraget i kriminalassistent Thornhills efterforskning. Sagen har både tråde tilbage til en berygtet victoriansk mordsag og til den umiddelbare fortid og spreder sig som kræft i det sammentømrede, provinsielle samfund. Gamle sår springer op igen, og pludselig dukker der endnu et lig op. Storbritannien i tiåret efter Anden Verdenskrig skuer to veje: tilbage mod den gamle trygge storhedstid og fremad mod forandringer, velstand og fred. Lydmouth er en gammel markedsby på grænsen mellem England og Wales, en pittoresk by med slotsruin og et væld af historiske bygninger. En dag kommer Jill Francis til byen - en outsider i mere end en forstand. Hun er journalist, en kvinde i et mandejob og en rodløs iagttager Første bog i serien om kriminalkommissær Thornhill.

De dødes måned

Mattie var servitrice, og ikke særlig indflydelsesrig. Så hvorfor har nogle af byens bedsteborgere så travlt med udbasunere, at hendes død skyldes et uheld? Rygter begynder at versere, og i deres kølvand endnu et dødsfald. En lun aften mellem endnu et forår og endnu en sommer hører man for sidste gang Mattie Harris' latter. Kort tid efter bliver hendes lig skyllet på land i Lydmouth. Mattie kunne ikke svømme. Faldt hun i vandet, eller er hun selv hoppet i? Mens frygten holder byen i et jerngreb, kan journalisten Jill Francis og kriminalassistent Thornhill ikke holde sig på afstand af hinanden og undgå de bittersøde konsekvenser af deres gensidige følelser. Men flere hemmeligheder ligger begravet her. De levende har deres hemmeligheder, lige så vel som de døde ... Femte bind i serien om kriminalassistent Thornhill.

Hvor rosen mister sin pragt

1786, Jerusalem College, Cambridge. Der går rygter om, at Sylvia Whichcotes genfærd er begyndt at hjemsøge Jerusalem College, siden den sindsforstyrrede studerende Frank Oldershaw efter sigende har set den døde kvinde strejfe om på kollegiet........ Genfærdets anatomi er en mageløs gotisk roman, som får det til at risle koldt ned ad ryggen på læseren, samtidig med at den virker besnærende med sin lette elegance.

Genfærdets anatomi

Efter den koldeste nat i mands minde finder man liget af en mand i udkanten af en landsby nær Lydmouth. Han hænger i galgetræet med bukserne om anklerne. Er det mord, selvmord eller hændeligt uheld i forbindelse med en bizar sexleg? Kriminalassistent Thornhill sættes på sagen, og samtidig opdager en kvindelig journalist, at der er foregået mystiske ting på den skole, hvor den døde underviste Tredje bind i serien om kriminalassistent Thornhill.

Galgetræet

I London i 1934 vækker det en vis opsigt, at den unge Lady Langstone forlader sin ægtemand og sit aristokratiske overklasseliv fra den ene dag til den anden. Lydia Langstone mister med et slag alle sine privilegier og har nu kun sin far at ty til, den forsumpede kaptajn Ingleby-Lewis, der bor på Bleeding Heart Square nr. 7. Hvad Lydia ikke ved, da hun flytter ind i hos sin far i den skumle London-bydel, er, hvilke grusomme hemmeligheder huset gemmer på. Hvad skete der med dets tidligere ejer, miss Penhow, der forsvandt sporløst for fire år siden. Hvem er den mand i det lurvede jakkesæt, der holder øje med huset dag og nat? Og hvorfor ankommer der blodige pakker med halvrådne svinehjerter i adresseret til Joseph Serridge - den sidste, der så miss Penhow i live? "Andrew Taylor er en af de fornemste eksponenter for den klassiske, engelske kriminalroman i moderne indpakning."

Miss Penhows blødende hjerte

Som ung politimand i de sidste måneder af mandattiden i Palæstina – den mellemøstlige terrorismes vugge – så og oplevede Richard Thornhill ting, som stadig forfølger ham i hans drømme og gør ham bange for, at han kan være ved at miste sin tilregnelighed. Nu hvor en pensioneret kollega findes død i ruinerne af Lydmouth Castle, kommer fortiden tilbage for at gøre krav på ham – og kriminalkommissær Thornhill må konstatere, at han selv er under mistænke. Komplikationerne hober sig op. Der rettes grove beskyldninger mod miss Awres danseskole, Ruispidge Fondens årlige velgørenhedsbal er truet, teenagere mødes på den nyåbnede italienske kaffebar og længes efter famlende kærtegn i ly af Rex-biografens mørke, en universitetslærer fra Oxford er på jagt efter kærligheden, dødens engel optræder i kakishorts og kører i en Ford-varevogn. 'Blottet for bødlen' er ottende bind i serien om kriminalassistent Thornhill og byen Lydmouth.

Blottet for bødlen

England 1819. To gådefulde amerikanere ankommer til London, og kort efter finder en række tilsyneladende usammenhængende hændelser sted. En respekteret bank går fallit, en mand findes død på en byggeplads, en anden forsvinder, og på en tredjes dødsleje fuskes der med testamentet. En forunderlig skæbne knytter hver af disse hændelser til den amerikanske dreng, Edgar Allan Poe, hvis stedfar har bragt ham til England og sendt ham på kostskole i den afsidesliggende landsby Stoke Newington. Ind i begivenhedernes centrum hvirvles snart en ung lærer, Thomas Shield, som er tutor for den unge Poe og dennes bedste ven, Charles Frant. Draget mod Frants smukke, ulykkelige moder, bliver Shield fanget i det net af familieintriger, der lurer under overfladen i det ellers så pæne miljø. Og herfra fortæller han om sin kamp for at forstå, hvad der sker, før det ødelægger ham selv og hans kære. Bogen er både et litterært mordmysterium og en gribende kærlighedshistorie – og hele affæren afvikles i det stemningsfyldte miljø fra datidens London. Fortællertonen bærer arven fra 1800-tallets store mestre videre – men har samtidig et umiskendeligt aftryk af den engelske krimimester Andrew Taylors moderne nerve og overblik.

Den amerikanske dreng

Koreakrigen og kommunistforskrækkelsen er på sit højeste, og den i 1946 forladte militærlejr Farnock uden for Lydmouth skal tages i brug igen. Men der er et problem: Lejren er beboet af husvilde, som ikke er til sinds at rømme den frivilligt. Luften er tæt af mistro og had. Midt i denne hadske stemning gæster tre fremmede Lydmouth: Sensationsjournalisten Cameron Rowse, som gerne vil puste til hadet mod alle såkaldte ikke-nationalsindede elementer; Labour-parlamentsmedlemmet Oliver Yately, som har brug for hjælp fra sin tidligere kæreste Jill Francis; og endelig 'Manden med fisken' – en nylig løsladt forbryder med sin helt egen dagsorden. Fjerde bind i serien om kriminalassistent Thornhill.

Morderisk mørke

1792, Paris Du holder din mund. Ikke et ord til nogen. Uanset hvad du ser. Uanset hvad du hører. Forstår du det? Du holder din mund. I al evighed. Knik-knak. Som at knække en valnød. Den tiårige dreng Charles overværer sin mor blive brutalt myrdet under revolutionen i Frankrig og holder på en frygtelig hemmelighed, som han aldrig må afsløre. Total tavshed er den eneste måde, han kan overleve på, nægter han at tale. Count de Quillon, der påstår, han er far til Charles, flygter til England med drengen. Med sig har han en forhenværende præst og den mystiske læge doktor Gohlis. De slår sig ned på et landsted nær Bath, og en sej kamp begynder for at få Charles til at tale og afsløre sin hemmelighed. Edward Savill er vendt hjem fra New York og bor nu i London. Han bliver en dag kontaktet af sin tidligere chef Rampton, som fortæller ham, at Edwards hustru – Ramptons niece – Augusta, som forlod ham for fem år siden med en italiensk elsker, er blevet dræbt i Paris, og at hun har en søn, som nu bor England, og som han ønsker at adoptere. Rampton, der arbejder for en hemmeligt regeringskontor, fortæller også, at det drejer sig om ‘rigets sikkerhed’. Savill føler, at han har et moralsk ansvar for sønnen til den kvinde, han engang elskede, og han tager af sted for at udrede trådene om fadderskab og retten til Charles. ‘Den tavse dreng’ er en hjertegribende skildring af en dreng med sår på sjælen og en elementær spændende historisk kriminalroman i bedste Dickens-stil. En selvstændig efterfølger til Færten af død.

Edward Savill

Den tavse dreng

“Dette er historien om en kvinde og en by. Jeg så byen først, fik nogle glimt af den på lang afstand, mens den glitrede som det nye Jerusalem i aftensolens sidste stråler. Det var søndag den 2. august 1778.” Edward Savill, som er kontorist ved Det amerikanske Departement i London, bliver forflyttet til New York for at forestå undersøgelsen af erstatningskravene fra loyalister, der er kommet i klemme i den amerikanske uafhængighedskrig. Loyalisternes sidste bastion, British Manhattan, er en smeltedigel af soldater, svindlere, profitmagere, dobbeltagenter og desperate flygtninge – en by under belejring. Savill bliver indkvarteret hos den respektable Wintour-familie; hos den gamle dommer, hans skrantende hustru, og deres gådefulde og dragende svigerdatter Arabella. Savill kastes modvilligt ud i en mordundersøgelse ved fundet af et lig i det berygtede slumkvarter Canvas. Hvad betyder egentlig en død fra eller til, når volden vokser ukontrollabelt dag for dag i den desperate by? Men de hemmeligheder, som dette mord dækker over, kan blive nøglen til magt for den, som kan finde morderen …

Færten af død

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