The Suffocating Night - Couverture rigide

Taylor, Andrew

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0708941885 ISBN 13 : 9780708941881

Editeur : Ulverscroft Large Print Books Ltd, 2000

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

How skilfully he recreates the atmosphere of the time through innuendo, attitude and detail rather than dogged description... Taylor is the master of small lives writ large and, in the phrase coined in this era of surly pubs and poor food, he has carved a classic detective story which is deceptively calm and cool, but really smashing (Frances Fyfield, Express)

'Brought to life with remarkable skill . . . A good, substantial story that will do Taylor's reputation no harm' - Birmingham Post

'The latest of Andrew Taylor's Lydmouth series of books, in which he has so effectively created the atmosphere of the 1950s...as usual with Taylor's stories, there is more to the puzzle than is immediately apparent. It's another satisfying read, in which the characters are as important as the events and tension develops naturally, without contrivance' - Susanna Yager, Sunday Telegraph

Excellent classic mystery (The Guardian)

'Andrew Taylor does not fall into the trap of mistaking drama for melodrama. Nor does he suffer from the insecure urge to say too much. Understatement is the rule of his Lydmouth novels, set in the Fifties and evoking the post-war restraint of that era without allowing anyone to notice quite how skilfully he re-creates the atmosphere of the time through innuendo, attitude and detail rather than dogged description... Taylor is the master of the small lives writ large and, in the phrase coined in this era of surly pubs and poor food, he has carved a detective story whch is deceptively calm and cool, but really smashing' Frances Fyfield, The Express

'The latest of Andrew Taylor's Lydmouth series of books, in which he has so effectively created the atmosphere of the 1950s, with its genteel drabness and carefully preserved hierarchy of relationships . . . Is another satisfying read, in which the characters are as important as the events and tension develops naturally without contrivance. (Susanna Yager, Sunday Telegraph)

Marvellously creepy (Frances Fyfield, Mail on Sunday)

'Excellent classic mystery set in early 1950s Lydmouth' - The Guardian

'Marvellously creepy' Frances Fyfield, Mail on Sunday

Présentation de l'éditeur

The Korean war rumbles in the background throughout this novel as a reporter is found murdered at the Bathurst Arms, squatters are evicted from a military camp and there are new developments in the three-year-old hunt for a missing teenager. And in spite of all that's going on, Jill Francis, a local journalist, and DI Richard Thornhill find they can no longer resist their feelings for each other.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Ulverscroft Large Print Books Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0708941885
• ISBN 13: 9780708941881
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 392
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible