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Andrew Taylor

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The United Kingdom

Website

http://www.lydmouth.co.uk/

Genre

Mystery & Thrillers

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Andrew Taylor (b. 1951) is a British author of mysteries. Born in East Anglia, he attended university at Cambridge before getting an MA in library sciences from University College London. His first novel, Caroline Miniscule (1982), a modern-day treasure hunt starring history student William Dougal, began an eight-book series and won Taylor wide critical acclaim. He has written several other thriller series, most notably the eight Lydmouthbooks, which begin with An Air That Kills (1994).

His other novels include The Office of the Dead (2000) and The American Boy (2003), both of which won the Crime Writers’ Association of Britain’s Ellis Peters Historical Dagger award, making Taylor the only author to receive the prize twice. His Roth trilogy, ...more

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Average rating: 3.84 · 40,148 ratings · 3,982 reviews · 58 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Ashes of London (Marwood and Lovett, #1) 3.76 avg rating — 10,443 ratings — published 2016 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fire Court (Marwood and Lovett, #2) 4.03 avg rating — 3,914 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The American Boy 3.60 avg rating — 3,385 ratings — published 2003 — 57 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The King’s Evil (Marwood and Lovett #3) 4.19 avg rating — 2,827 ratings — published 2019	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Last Protector (Marwood and Lovett #4) 4.21 avg rating — 2,252 ratings — published 2020 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Royal Secret (Marwood and Lovett, #5) 4.25 avg rating — 2,181 ratings — published 2021 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Anatomy of Ghosts 3.42 avg rating — 1,987 ratings — published 2010 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Shadows of London (Marwood and Lovett #6) 4.40 avg rating — 1,475 ratings — published 2023 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bleeding Heart Square 3.66 avg rating — 1,729 ratings — published 2008 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Air That Kills (Lydmouth, #1) 3.64 avg rating — 1,163 ratings — published 1994 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Marwood and Lovett (6 books)
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3.64 avg rating — 916 ratings

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“Time doesn't heal, it just gives you other things to think about.”
― Andrew Taylor, The Office of the Dead

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“Books are not luxuries. They are the meat and drink for the mind.”
― Andrew Taylor, The Anatomy of Ghosts

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“That's what hell means, perhaps, being compelled not just to live but to relive.”
― Andrew Taylor, Bleeding Heart Square

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Please vote for the book you'd like to read as a group in April 2010.

Let the Great World Spin byColum McCann

11 votes, 22.9%

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

8 votes, 16.7%

The Good Thief by Hannah Tinti

6 votes, 12.5%

Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami

5 votes, 10.4%

The Road vy Cormac McCarthy

4 votes, 8.3%

The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann

4 votes, 8.3%

The Trial by Franz Kafka

3 votes, 6.3%

Emma Brown by Clare Boylan

2 votes, 4.2%

The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible As Literally As Possible by A.J. Jacobs

2 votes, 4.2%

The First Man in Rome by Colleen McCullough

1 vote, 2.1%

The American Boy by Andrew Taylor

1 vote, 2.1%

A Prisoner of Birth by Jeffrey Archer

1 vote, 2.1%

Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey

0 votes, 0.0%

First Comes Love, Then Comes Malaria: How a Peace Corps Poster Boy Won My Heart and a Third World Adventure Changed My Life by Eve Brown-Waite

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Scoundrel and the Optimist by Maceo Montoya

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