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  • Death's Own Door

  • Lydmouth, Book 6
  • By: Andrew Taylor
  • Narrated by: Philip Franks
  • Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (83 ratings)
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Death's Own Door

By: Andrew Taylor
Narrated by: Philip Franks
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Summary

From the number-one best-selling author of The Ashes of London and The Fire Court, this is the sixth instalment in the acclaimed Lydmouth series.

When the body of Rufus Moorcroft, a middle-aged widower with a distinguished war record, is found in his summerhouse, the verdict is suicide. But both reporter Jill Francis and her lover, Detective Richard Thornhill, approaching the case from different angles, discover there's more to it than that.  

The key to the mystery stretches back to a highly charged summer before the war and to another death. A local asylum plays a part, as do a moderately famous artist and his wife; Superintendent Williamson, now retired and loathing it; Councillor Bernie Broadbent, a man with more pies than fingers to put in them; a Cambridge don; an aristocratic unmarried mother, now gleefully drawing her old-age pension; and - to Thornhill's surprise and growing horror - his own wife, Edith.

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Critic reviews

 "Andrew Taylor is a master story-teller." (Daily Telegraph)

"An excellent writer. He plots with care and intelligence and the solution to the mystery is satisfyingly chilling." (The Times)

"There is no denying Taylor's talent, his prose exudes a quality uncommon among his contemporaries." (Time Out)

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Good yarn but ...

can't help thinking it's setting up the next one. Pitch perfect narration makes the story come to life. Even the accents ring true.

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Good but a little longer than necessary

I enjoyed the book but was a little longer than necessary to feel like it lost a little steam 3/4's of the way through. As if the writer wasn't sure how to finish or where it was going. It picked up again to a strong finish.
Only other slight was Edith, the female main was a little tedious in her patheticness which I know was meant to be in fitting with the era, but she had two men to choose for her affections and it was a struggle to see how either were interested in her.

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Good twists

Good story and twists to the plot and pulls you in to the characters world

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A hidden gem

Started with Death’s Own Door by mistake ( book 6) and then had to buy extra credits to get the rest. 😃 Philip Franks’ narration is spot on- cosy , menacing, mysterious. I so needed to hear the slow burn of Jill and Richard’s attraction.

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Twists and turns…..

…including ending on a real cliff-hanger. Will definitely listen to the next one in series.

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great

Always enjoy Andrew Taylor's novels. The narration was very good; individual characters' voices were given but did not distract from the storytelling.

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Great book, lots of action

My first Andrew Taylor book, but it won't be my last. By the end of the book you feel you know all of the characters, and their role in the story. Brilliantly narrated by Philip Franks.

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Quite cosy for Mr Taylor

I liked this quite a lot but would have preferred a bit more grit. It's almost as if he put himself into the mindset of the era and reined in the nastiness. Good story though, and well told.

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