Andrew Taylor

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born

The United Kingdom

gender

male

website

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

genre

Mystery & Thrillers

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Andrew Taylor is the author of a number of critically acclaimed crime novels, including the Lydmouth series, the ground-breaking Roth Trilogy and The American Boy, his bestselling historical novel which was a Richard and Judy Book Club selection.

He has won many awards, including the CWA John Creasey Award, an Edgar Scroll from the Mystery Writers of America and the CWA Ellis Peters Historical Daggers (the only author to win it twice). He lives in the Forest of Dean.

Also writes as Andrew Saville, author of the Bergerac series.

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Books by Andrew Taylor

Average rating: 3.50 · 2,356 ratings · 503 reviews · 67 distinct works

	The American Boy 3.44 avg rating — 617 ratings — published 2003 — 18 editions	My rating:
	The Anatomy of Ghosts 3.32 avg rating — 416 ratings — published 2010 — 13 editions	My rating:
	Bleeding Heart Square 3.52 avg rating — 330 ratings — 9 editions	My rating:
	The Four Last Things (The Roth Trilogy, #1) 3.68 avg rating — 170 ratings — 11 editions	My rating:
	The Office of the Dead (The Roth Trilogy, #3) 3.70 avg rating — 107 ratings — 9 editions	My rating:
	The Judgement of Strangers (The Roth Trilogy, #2) 3.81 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 1998 — 9 editions	My rating:
	An Air That Kills (Lydmouth, #1) 3.65 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 1994 — 6 editions	My rating:
	A Stain on the Silence 3.29 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Lover of the Grave (Lydmouth, #3) 3.73 avg rating — 41 ratings — 5 editions	My rating:
	Where Roses Fade (Lydmouth, #5) 3.87 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2000 — 4 editions	My rating:

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Series by Andrew Taylor

The Roth Trilogy (3 books)
by Andrew Taylor

3.77 avg rating — 420 ratings

Lydmouth (8 books)
by Andrew Taylor

3.70 avg rating — 287 ratings

William Dougal (8 books)
by Andrew Taylor

3.11 avg rating — 87 ratings

Blaines (3 books)
by Andrew Taylor

4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings

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Which Of These HISTORICAL Books Would You Like To See As One Of Our Group Read Options For The Spring 2010 Challenge?

The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova

55 votes, 24.2%

The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory

50 votes, 22.0%

The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett

34 votes, 15.0%

The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco

27 votes, 11.9%

Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

19 votes, 8.4%

Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier

11 votes, 4.8%

Shadowbrook: A Novel of Love, War, and the Birth of America by Beverly Swerling

9 votes, 4.0%

The American Boy by Andrew Taylor

8 votes, 3.5%

Luncheon of the Boating Party by Susan Vreeland

8 votes, 3.5%

The Metaphysical Club by Louis Menand

6 votes, 2.6%

227 total votes

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