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The Scent of Death

Andrew Taylor

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English
Harper Collins
15 August 2013
Manhattan, 1778 - the last part of America to remain under British rule. It is a city of secrets, profiteers, loyalists and double agents, and home to a swelling tide of refugees fleeing the forces of Congress and seeking justice from the British crown. Edward Savill has been sent by London's American Department to look into the claims of dispossessed 'loyalists'. No sooner does he land, though, than he is taken to view the body of a gentleman found in Manhattan's notorious Canvas Town. While the military authorities hang an escaped slave for the murder, Savill becomes convinced there has been a miscarriage of justice. But he finds a deeper mystery closer to home. Taking lodgings with the respected Wintour family, he becomes aware of strange tensions running beneath the household's surface. Judge Wintour's beautiful daughter-in-law, Arabella, is hiding a tragedy in her past, while his son is determined on a dangerous mission into enemy territory for some unknown personal end. And what of Mr Noak, the enigmatic clerk helping the Judge put his papers in order, but seemingly bent on some more dubious course of his own? What becomes clear to Savill is that the secrets within the Wintour home are dangerously entwined with the interests of the two warring countries, and that the killing in Canvas Town is just the start of a trail of murder that will touch those closest to him.
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Imprint:   Harper Collins
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 198mm,  Width: 129mm,  Spine: 30mm
Weight:   350g
ISBN:   9780007213535
ISBN 10:   0007213530
Pages:   516
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Author Website:   http://www.andrew-taylor.co.uk

Andrew Taylor is the author of a number of novels, including the Dougal and Lydmouth crime series, the psychological 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.

Reviews for The Scent of Death

`An absolutely gripping, absorbing historical crime thriller ... If you like CJ Sansom, or Hilary Mantel or Philippa Gregory, I think you'd absolutely love Andrew Taylor's The Scent of Death' PETER JAMES`If you're wondering what should I read next? try it - because it opens up a whole new world for you' LEE CHILD`The key to what makes this book work is that Taylor contrives a brilliant mystery plot, and yet the historical detail is just so compelling ... The language is interesting, the historical detail is fascinating and the central mystery is absolutely gripping ... The Scent of Death is a perfect read for anyone who likes a mystery that's as finely crafted as a Swiss watch - Andrew Taylor is at the top of his game' MARK BILLINGHAM`Andrew Taylor has built this beautiful and exquisite stage set, so everything we need to know about Manhattan in the 1770s is right there ... What makes a crime novel work - you've got to have a cracking good story, you've got to want to know what happened. And here, you've got all of it' KATE MOSSE`Andrew Taylor is arguably the most consummate writer of historical fiction today. He achieves to perfection the crucial balance between the mystery to be solved and the historical context surrounding it. A mesmeric read' The Times`An absorbing and harrowing epic historical detective novel ... Taylor is as good at this period as C. J. Sansom is at Tudor England, and like him pulls off novels that work both as literary fiction and detective stories' Independent`Andrew Taylor has been producing superb historical fiction since long before Hilary Mantel's Man Booker wins bestowed literary respectability on the genre' Daily Telegraph`Taylor once again shows how skilful a historical novelist he is' The Sunday Times


  • Shortlisted for CWA Ellis Peters Historical Dagger 2013.
  • Winner of CWA Ellis Peters Historical Dagger 2013
  • Winner of CWA Ellis Peters Historical Dagger 2013.

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