Andrew Taylor

A royal scandal that could change the face of England forever. London 1667. In the Court of Charles II, it's a dangerous time to be alive - a wrong move could lead to disgrace, exile or death. The discovery of a murder at Clarendon House, the palatial home of one of the highest courtiers in the land, could have catastrophic consequences. James Marwood, a traitor's son, is ordered to cover up the murder. But the dead man is Edward Alderley, the cousin...

A dangerous secret lies beneath Whitehall Palace. Brother against brother. Father against son. Friends turned into enemies. No one in England wants a return to the bloody days of the Civil War. But Oliver Cromwell's son, Richard, has abandoned his exile and slipped back into England. The consequences could be catastrophic.

Janet Byfield has everything Wendy Appleyard lacks: she?s beautiful; she has a handsome husband, a clergyman on the verge of promotion; and most of all she has an adorable little daughter, Rosie. So when Wendy?s life falls apart, it?s to her oldest friend, Janet, that she turns. At first it seems to Wendy as though nothing can touch the Byfields? perfect existence in 1950s Cathedral Close, Rosington, but old sins gradually come back to haunt the present,...

An atmospheric and deeply absorbing literary historical crime classic - featured in The Times ?Top Ten Crime Novels of the Decade?. England 1819: Thomas Shield, a new master at a school just outside London, is tutor to a young American boy and the child?s sensitive best friend, Charles Frant. Helplessly drawn to Frant?s beautiful, unhappy mother, Thomas becomes entwined in their family?s affairs. When a brutal murder takes place in London?s seedy...

From the author of 'The American Boy' and 'The Ashes of London' comes a collection of three gothic novellas - 'Broken Voices', 'The Leper House' and 'The Scratch'.

London, 1670. 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...

The Great Fire has ravaged London, wreaking destruction and devastation wherever its flames spread. Now, guided by the incorruptible Fire Court, the city is slowly rebuilding, but times are volatile and danger is only ever a heartbeat away. James Marwood, son of a traitor, is thrust into this treacherous environment when his ailing father claims to have stumbled upon a murdered woman - in the very place where the Fire Court sits. Then his father is...

Manhattan, 1778. A city of profiteers, loyalists and double agents. New York is home to a tide of refugees seeking justice from the British crown. Edward Savill is sent from London to investigate the claims of dispossessed loyalists. No sooner does he land than he becomes embroiled in a murder.

Returning to a town shrouded in intrigue and suspicion, Jill Francis becomes acting editor of the Gazette. Meanwhile, there's no pleasure left in the life of Detective Chief Inspector Richard Thornhill. Only a corpse, a television set and the promise of trouble to come.