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The Mortal Sickness

Lydmouth, Book 2

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The Mortal Sickness

By: Andrew Taylor
Narrated by: Philip Franks
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About this listen

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

When a spinster of the parish is found bludgeoned to death in St John's, and the church's most valuable possession, the Lydmouth chalice, is missing, the finger of suspicion points at the new vicar, who is already beset with problems.

The glare of the police investigation reveals shabby secrets and private griefs. Jill Francis, struggling to find her feet in her new life, stumbles into the case at the beginning. But even a journalist cannot always watch from the sidelines. Soon she is inextricably involved in the Suttons' affairs. Despite the electric antagonism between her and Inspector Richard Thornhill, she has instincts that she can't ignore.

©2012 Andrew Taylor (P)2020 Audible, Ltd Crime Thrillers Fiction Mystery Police Procedural Suspense Thriller & Suspense Thriller Crime

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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)

"The most under-rated crime writer in Britain today" (Val McDermid)

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My first Andrew Taylor listen - but I am definitely going back for more. Very well narrated too.

Recommended

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the writing is reminiscent of Ngaio Marsh and you can't get any better than that. the narrator has the perfect voice for this series making the characters all too believable. I am hooked

Absorbing and compelling characters and plot

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Beautiful performance by Mr Franks…..as ever. Excellent characters…..some are hard to like but such is life. Gives a great sense of the crushing and claustrophobic society at that time.

Excellent

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this is my second listen in the series I am enjoying them very much I do get confused with the names of the characters but love the Twist that the story always has

enjoyable

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As much as I enjoyed the plot, the one thing that cast a shadow over it was the potential for Thornhil and Jill to be party in wrecking the lives of his wife and kids..

The story didn’t need that..

A great story but..

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