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C.L. Taylor

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The United Kingdom

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Suspense, Crime, Thriller

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Margaret Atwood, Roald Dahl, Maggie O'Farrell ...more

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January 2014

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C.L. Taylor is an award winning Sunday Times bestselling author of nine gripping psychological thrillers including SLEEP, a Richard and Judy Book Club pick for autumn 2019. Her books are not a series and can be read in any order:

2014 - THE ACCIDENT / Before I Wake (U.S.)
2015 - THE LIE
2016 - THE MISSING
2017 - THE ESCAPE
2018 - THE FEAR
2019 - SLEEP
2020 - STRANGERS
2021 - HER LAST HOLIDAY
2022 - THE GUILTY COUPLE

She has also written two Young Adult thrillers, THE TREATMENT and THE ISLAND.

C.L. Taylor's books have sold in excess of a million copies, been number one on Amazon Kindle, Kobo, iBooks and Google Play and have been translated into over 25 languages and optioned for TV.

Cally Taylor was born in Worcester and spent her early years living in ...more

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	The Lie 3.77 avg rating — 14,647 ratings — published 2015 — 32 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 Accident 3.80 avg rating — 14,075 ratings — published 2014 — 43 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
	Sleep 3.85 avg rating — 12,863 ratings — published 2019 — 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 Missing 3.82 avg rating — 10,691 ratings — published 2016 — 30 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 Fear really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7,956 ratings — 22 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
	Strangers 3.92 avg rating — 7,579 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	Her Last Holiday 3.65 avg rating — 7,193 ratings — published 2021 — 16 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 Guilty Couple 3.95 avg rating — 6,468 ratings — published 2022 — 11 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 Escape 3.85 avg rating — 5,960 ratings — published 2017 — 22 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 Island 3.60 avg rating — 3,344 ratings — published 2021 — 11 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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I’m coming to Oswestry!

Who lives in or near #Oswestry?

Do come along on 24th May when Mark Billingham will perform a solo tango as I clap along (or maybe we’ll attempt to entertain you with words instead!).

You can buy The Guilty Couple & I’m happy to sign any backlist books you bring along too.

Mark’s new book – The Last Dance – is the first in a new series. It’s set in Blackpool, the detective likes ballroom dancin

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C.L. Taylor has read Yellowface by R.F. Kuang (Goodreads Author)	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
Absolutely brilliant. Razor sharp, humorous, insightful and clever. Best book I've read this year. I will be recommending it to every author - and non author - I know. ...more
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I am envious of the way Catherine Ryan Howard's brain works. Maybe not her obsession with Jurassic Park (and I doubt she'd want to swap it for my obsession with Survivor), but certainly the way she constructs her very clever plots. She seems to insti ...more
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Dark, twisty, tense, compulsive, addictive and breath-takingly good, this cautionary tale about the danger one woman invites into her life when she befriends a stranger, is Lisa Jewell at her most magnificent best. I couldn't turn the pages fast enou ...more
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The Only Suspect is a suspenseful, thrilling and breath-taking mystery about the dark secrets that live in the past, and the paralysing fear that they'll be uncovered. If you thought you misbehaved in the nineties you've got nothing on the devious, d ...more
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An absolutely riveting tale of revenge and redemption, as tender as it is brutal. I can see why it's won all the awards. Superb storytelling and stunning writing but it's the characterisation at the heart of this novel that makes it such a rare gem. ...more
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“We all have secrets. Most are guilty, a few are wretched and some are too precious to share.”
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“Good. I don’t like people.”
― C.L. Taylor, Sleep

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“Hate is like a poison you make for your enemy that you end up swallowing yourself. Hating him gives him too much power, too much control over the way I live my life.”
― C.L. Taylor, The Fear

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