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Praise for Fireside Gothic: 'Spine tinglers that cry out to be read in the flickering light of a wood fire... Wonderfully atmospheric' Kate Saunders, The Times Praise for The Ashes of London 'The Ashes of London presents a breathtakingly ambitious picture of an era... The multiple narrative strands are drawn together in a brilliantly orchestrated finale' Financial Times 'A complex weave of history and mystery and the first of a new series from Andrew Taylor' The i 'This is terrific stuff: intelligent, engrossing and, in its evocation of a long-vanished London, wonderfully plausible.' Toby Clements, Daily Telegraph 'A pacey story... Taylor masters the detail as well as the broader picture... A new Shardlake may be rising from the ashes' The Times 'Thrilling... Gripping, fast-moving and credible... It's a well-constructed political thriller with moments of horror, admirable and enjoyable. Taylor has done his research so thoroughly as to be unobtrusive' Spectator 'The description of London in 1666, as the Great Fire is at last dying down, is unforgettable' Literary Review 'Finely wrought and solidly researched... The novel's plot is fiendishly complex' Sunday Telegraph 'The Ashes of London is a chilling murder mystery and an equally transporting historical novel. A genuine pleasure from start to finish' Peter Swanson

Praise for Fireside Gothic: `Spine tinglers that cry out to be read in the flickering light of a wood fire... Wonderfully atmospheric' Kate Saunders, The Times Praise for The Ashes of London `The Ashes of London presents a breathtakingly ambitious picture of an era... The multiple narrative strands are drawn together in a brilliantly orchestrated finale' Financial Times `A complex weave of history and mystery and the first of a new series from Andrew Taylor' The i `This is terrific stuff: intelligent, engrossing and, in its evocation of a long-vanished London, wonderfully plausible.' Toby Clements, Daily Telegraph `A pacey story... Taylor masters the detail as well as the broader picture... A new Shardlake may be rising from the ashes' The Times `Thrilling... Gripping, fast-moving and credible... It's a well-constructed political thriller with moments of horror, admirable and enjoyable. Taylor has done his research so thoroughly as to be unobtrusive' Spectator `The description of London in 1666, as the Great Fire is at last dying down, is unforgettable' Literary Review `Finely wrought and solidly researched... The novel's plot is fiendishly complex' Sunday Telegraph `The Ashes of London is a chilling murder mystery and an equally transporting historical novel. A genuine pleasure from start to finish' Peter Swanson

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Andrew Taylor is the author of a number of novels, including the Dougal and Lydmouth crime series, the historical thrillers Bleeding Heart Square and The Anatomy of Ghosts, the ground-breaking Roth Trilogy, which was adapted into the acclaimed drama Fallen Angel, and The American Boy, his No. 1 bestselling historical novel which was a 2005 Richard & Judy Book Club choice. He has won many awards, including the CWA John Creasey New Blood Dagger, an Edgar Scroll from the Mystery Writers of America, the CWA Ellis Peters Historical Award (the only author to win it twice) and the CWA's prestigious Diamond Dagger, awarded for sustained excellence in crime writing. He also writes for the Spectator. He lives with his wife Caroline in the Forest of Dean.

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