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    The King’s Evil
    The King’s Evil
    The King’s Evil
    Audiobook12 hours

    The King’s Evil

    Written by Andrew Taylor

    Narrated by Leighton Pugh

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    About this audiobook

    Winner of The HWA Gold Crown 2020

    From the No.1 bestselling author of The Ashes of London and The Fire Court comes the next book in the phenomenally successful series following James Marwood at the time of King Charles II. Over 1 Million Andrew Taylor Novels Sold!

    A royal scandal…
    In the Court of Charles II, it’s a dangerous time to be alive – a wrong move may lead to disgrace, exile or death. The discovery of a body at the home of one of the highest courtiers in the land could therefore have catastrophic consequences.

    A shocking murder…
    James Marwood, a traitor’s son, is ordered to cover up the killing. But the dead man is known to Marwood – as is the most likely culprit, Cat Lovett.

    The stakes have never been higher…
    Marwood is sure Cat is innocent so determines to discover the true murderer. But time is running out. If he makes a mistake, it could threaten the King himself…

    Praise for Andrew Taylor

    ‘One of the best historical crime writers today’ The Times

    ‘If you like C. J. Sansom, or Hilary Mantel, you’ll love Andrew Taylor’ Peter James

    ‘Effortlessly authentic…gripping…moving and believable. An excellent work’ C. J. Sansom

    ‘This is historical crime fiction at its dazzling best’ Guardian

    ‘One of the best historical novelists around’ Sunday Times

    ‘A breathtakingly ambitious picture of an era’ Financial Times

    ‘A masterclass in writing for the genre’ Ann Cleeves

    ‘Andrew Taylor is one of our finest storytellers' Antonia Hodgson

    ‘Vivid and compelling’ Observer

    ‘A novel filled with intrigue, duplicity, scandal and betrayal, whose author now vies with another master of the genre, C. J. Sansom’ Spectator

    ‘Taylor brings the 17th century to life so vividly that one can almost smell it’ Guardian

    ‘A most artful and delightful book, that will both amuse and chill’ Daily Telegraph

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateApr 4, 2019
    ISBN9780008119201
    The King’s Evil
    Author

    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.

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    • 5/5
      This was a book I checked our of the Library! What a great read. I had a problem putting the book down. If you like reading Hilary Mantel - I believe you will enjoy this book. I don't write reviews that give the story line - I leave that to others. I am checking at the library to see if the first 2 books in this series are available. That should indicate how much I enjoyed this book.
    • 4/5
      Another good installment in this series, with lots more political intrigue and a quite decent mystery.
    • 4/5
      Another highly enjoyable murder mystery set in Restoration London (and briefly Cambridge and the fens), which is vividly evoked with plenty of interesting and telling detail. For example the reference to Portugal Street being named after the queen, but people retaining its old name, Piccadilly, as the land near the road used to be used for growing piccadills.My enjoyment of this, the third in the series, increases with familiarity with the main characters and the growing complexity of their stories.Start with The Ashes of London.