Books by Andrew Taylor
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review 1: This is the second novel I've read written by Andrew Taylor, and like the first it's atmospheric, filled with mystery, darkness, and love, redemption, and many layers. Several of themes resonant with me -- university politics, 19th century class tensions, book collections, ghosts...
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review 1: I read it. Sort of a weird combo of Maisie Dobbs meets Lord Peter Wimsey. Not the worst of this kind of thing I've read (I read a lot), but very far from the best. The plot twists were pretty contorted --- the moment where the heroine comes home to pick up some more clothes and, ...
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review 1: Powerful suspense and danger permeate this tale of British-held Manhattan in 1778, as Edward Savill, a London clerk, sails to America to attend to legal claims of displaced loyalists, and is handed a surfeit of intrigues --espionage, passion, and murder-- for his trouble. Scene...
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review 1: A gripping whodunit of the classical school.This is a very good book. A complicated plot, of which the author is in complete control throughout. There isn't a single "nice" character in it, with the possible exception of Lydia, but the characters who are here are fully conceived ...
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review 1: This book turned out better than expected! Fully engaging. All the characters are complex and interesting. It starts out great & ends in a way I didn't anticipate. A real page turner. This isn't a scary mystery book. It's a who done it mystery book. The London setting is a nice c...