Andrew Taylor





Andrew Taylor

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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.


Average rating: 3.50 · 2,356 ratings · 503 reviews · 67 distinct works
The American Boy
3.44 of 5 stars 3.44 avg rating — 617 ratings — published 2003 — 18 editions
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The Anatomy of Ghosts
3.32 of 5 stars 3.32 avg rating — 416 ratings — published 2010 — 13 editions
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Bleeding Heart Square
3.52 of 5 stars 3.52 avg rating — 330 ratings9 editions
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The Four Last Things (The R...
3.68 of 5 stars 3.68 avg rating — 170 ratings11 editions
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The Office of the Dead (The...
3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 107 ratings9 editions
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The Judgement of Strangers ...
3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 1998 — 9 editions
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An Air That Kills (Lydmouth...
3.65 of 5 stars 3.65 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 1994 — 6 editions
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A Stain on the Silence
3.29 of 5 stars 3.29 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions
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The Lover of the Grave (Lyd...
3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 41 ratings5 editions
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Where Roses Fade (Lydmouth,...
3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2000 — 4 editions
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More books by Andrew Taylor…
The Four Last Things The Judgement of Strangers The Office of the Dead
The Roth Trilogy (3 books)
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3.7666666666666666 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 420 ratings
An Air That Kills The Mortal Sickness The Lover of the Grave The Suffocating Night Where Roses Fade Death's Own Door Call the Dying
Lydmouth (8 books)
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3.696864111498258 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 287 ratings
Caroline Minuscule Waiting for the End of the ... An Old School Tie Our Fathers' Lies Freelance Death Blood Relation The Sleeping Policeman
William Dougal (8 books)
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3.1149425287356323 of 5 stars 3.11 avg rating — 87 ratings
The Second Midnight Blacklist
Blaines (3 books)
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4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings

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