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From the No.1 bestselling author of The Last Protector and The Ashes of London comes the next book in the phenomenally successful series following James Marwood and Cat Lovett during the time of King Charles II.

 Over 1 Million Andrew Taylor Novels Sold!

 A Times Best Paperback of 2022

 Two young girls plot a murder by witchcraft. Soon afterwards a government clerk dies painfully in mysterious circumstances. His colleague James Marwood is asked to investigate - but the task brings unexpected dangers.

 Meanwhile, architect Cat Hakesby is working for a merchant who lives on Slaughter Street, where the air smells of blood and a captive Barbary lion prowls the stables. Then a prestigious new commission arrives. Cat must design a Poultry House for the woman that the King loves most in all the world.

 Unbeknownst to all, at the heart of this lies a royal secret so explosive that it could not only rip apart England but change the entire face of Europe.

The Royal Secret

L'office des morts

Étudiant aux goûts dispendieux et à la fibre morale incertaine, William Dougal découvre le corps garrotté de son professeur de paléographie, un spécialiste de l'écriture médiévale dite " minuscule caroline ". Pour ne pas rater un rendez-vous avec sa petite amie Amanda, Dougal s'éclipse sans prévenir la police. Un premier pas sur une pente glissante qui l'entraîne vers la découverte d'autres meurtres tandis que se poursuit une quête hasardeuse d'un trésor caché. Un polar drôle et intelligent, où personne - pas même les héros - n'obéit aux règles...

Minuscule Caroline - Occasion

1934. Londres. Lydia Langstone fuit la haute société anglaise et un mari violent pour trouver refuge dans une petite pension de famille sise Bleeding Heart Square. Privée des privilèges que lui conférait son statut social, elle tente de renouer avec une vie plus modeste, plus indépendante aussi. Mais très vite Lydia se trouve confrontée à d'étranges événements. Qui est cet homme qui semble surveiller nuit et jour les allées et venues dans la maison ? Qu'est devenue Miss Penhow, l'ancienne propriétaire de la pension, mystérieusement disparue ? Enfin, qui envoie des morceaux de coeur en décomposition à Joseph Serridge, le dernier pensionnaire à avoir vu Miss Penhow vivante ? Selon la légende londonienne, le diable danse à Bleeding Heart Square, cette fois il serait plutôt tapi dans l'ombre, en silence, attendant son heure…

Le diable danse à Bleeding Heart Square - Occasion

Une Nouvelle Vie, Plus Deux Chats

The first novel in Andrew Taylor's ground-breaking Roth trilogy, which was adapted into the acclaimed drama Fallen Angel. A tense psychological thriller for fans of S J Watson.

 Little Lucy Appleyard is snatched from her child minder's on a cold winter afternoon, and the nightmare begins. When Eddie takes her home to beautiful, child-loving Angel, he knows he's done the right thing. But Lucy's not like their other visitors, and unwittingly she strikes through Angel's defences to something both vulnerable and volatile at the core.

 To the outside world Lucy has disappeared into a black hole with no clues to her whereabouts.until the first grisly discovery in a London graveyard. More such finds are to follow, all at religious sites, and, in a city haunted by religion, what do these offerings signify?

 All that stands now between Lucy and the final sacrifice are a CID sergeant on the verge of disgrace and a woman cleric - Lucy's parents - but how can they hope to halt the evil forces that are gathering around their innocent daughter?

The Four Last Things

The first book in the No. 1 Times bestselling series

 'This is terrific stuff' Daily Telegraph

 'A breathtakingly ambitious picture of an era' Financial Times

 'A masterclass in how to weave a well-researched history into a complex plot' The Times

 Over 1 Million Andrew Taylor Novels Sold!

 A CITY IN FLAMESLondon, 1666. As the Great Fire consumes everything in its path, the body of a man is found in the ruins of St Paul's Cathedral - stabbed in the neck, thumbs tied behind his back.

 A WOMAN ON THE RUNThe son of a traitor, James Marwood is forced to hunt the killer through the city's devastated streets. There he encounters a determined young woman, who will stop at nothing to secure her freedom.

 A KILLER SEEKING REVENGEWhen a second murder victim is discovered in the Fleet Ditch, Marwood is drawn into the political and religious intrigue of Westminster - and across the path of a killer with nothing to lose.

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