The American boy - Andrew Taylor

Andrew Taylor is the author of a number of crime novels, including the ground-breaking Roth Trilogy, which was adapted into the acclaimed drama Fallen Angel, and the historical crime novels The Ashes of London, The Silent Boy, and The American Boy, a No.1 Sunday Times bestseller and a 2005 Richard & Judy Book Club Choice.

He has won many awards, including the CWA Ellis Peters Historical Award (the only author to win it three times) and the CWA's prestigious Diamond Dagger.

'One of the Top Ten Crime Novels of the Decade' Sunday Times

'An enthralling read from start to finish' The Times

'Deeply absorbing and beautifully written' Independent

'Hugely entertaining, beguiling and atmospheric' Observer

'Delightful.it will have you desperate to search out a quiet corner to continue your acquaintance with it' Daily Telegraph