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From No.1 bestselling author Andrew Taylor comes the sequel to the phenomenally successful The Ashes of London Over 1 Million Andrew Taylor Novels Sold! A time of terrible danger… The Great Fire has ravaged London. Now, guided by the Fire Court, the city is rebuilding, but times are volatile and danger is only ever a heartbeat away. Two mysterious deaths… James Marwood, a traitor’s son, is thrust into this treacherous environment when his father discovers a dead woman in the very place where the Fire Court sits. The next day his father is run down. Accident? Or another murder…? A race to stop a murderer… Determined to uncover the truth, Marwood turns to the one person he can trust – Cat Lovett, the daughter of a despised regicide. Then comes a third death… and Marwood and Cat are forced to confront a vicious killer who threatens the future of the city itself.

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`Andrew Taylor's historical crime novels have proved a benchmark for the genre, and The Fire Court is no exception. Cunningly plotted and movingly written, it's a fascinating portrait of a city, and its people, recovering from trauma' Mick Herron, bestselling author of Slow Horses `This is how historical crime should be written, with rich authenticity underpinning a twisting plot' The Times `Marwood and Lovett's search for a killer in the sooty streets of 1660s London is an atmospheric pleasure, full of twists and memorable characters' The Times `With a fast-moving, complex plot underpinned by solid but unobtrusive research and plenty of drama and intrigue, Taylor brings the 17th century to life so vividly that one can almost smell it' Guardian `Once again, Taylor combines his detailed research with a deviously twist-laden storyline' Observer `This gripping mystery is even better than its predecessor, The Ashes of London' Sunday Express S Magazine `Taylor remains to my mind at the top of the list of historical novelists writing in English today' Reviewing the Evidence `If it were not a superlative crime novel, Taylor's evocative picture of the Great Fire of London, The Ashes of London, could be considered a historical novel of the first order. Its sequel, The Fire Court, is equally impressive' Financial Times Praise for Andrew Taylor: `If you like C. J. Sansom, or Hilary Mantel, you'll love Andrew Taylor' Peter James `Ashes of London is terrific' Sarah Hilary `A breathtakingly ambitious picture of an era' Financial Times `Elegant, engrossing' Sunday Express `One of the most reliably enjoyable of historical novelists ... Taylor demonstrates his usual command of plot and historical background' The Sunday Times 'A complex weave of history and mystery and the first of a new series from Andrew Taylor' The i

`Andrew Taylor's historical crime novels have proved a benchmark for the genre, and The Fire Court is no exception. Cunningly plotted and movingly written, it's a fascinating portrait of a city, and its people, recovering from trauma' Mick Herron, bestselling author of Slow Horses Praise for Andrew Taylor: `If you like C. J. Sansom, or Hilary Mantel, you'll love Andrew Taylor' Peter James `Ashes of London is terrific' Sarah Hilary `The Ashes of London presents a breathtakingly ambitious picture of an era ... the multiple narrative strands are drawn together in a brilliantly orchestrated finale' Financial Times `In this elegant, engrossing novel set during an extraordinary period, Taylor skilfully presents a London in which so many must still pay the price for the Civil War and the murder of King Charles I' Sunday Express `One of the most reliably enjoyable of historical novelists ... Taylor demonstrates his usual command of plot and historical background' The Sunday Times 'A complex weave of history and mystery and the first of a new series from Andrew Taylor' The i `The author conveys the confusion and uncertainty of the times in a pacy story of Charles II's desire for vengeance, the struggle to rebuild a stricken city and the hunt for a murderer' Daily Mail `This is terrific stuff: intelligent, engrossing and, in its evocation of a long-vanished London, wonderfully plausible' Daily Telegraph 'The Ashes of London weaves a pacy story from the framework of true events. A new Shardlake may rise from the ashes' The Times `Andrew Taylor provides a masterclass in how to weave a well-researched history into a complex plot' The Times, Books of the Year `Thrilling... Gripping, fast-moving and credible... It's a well-constructed political thriller with moments of horror, admirable and enjoyable. Taylor has done his research so thoroughly as to be unobtrusive' Spectator `Finely wrought and solidly researched... The novel's plot is fiendishly complex' Sunday Telegraph

`Andrew Taylor's historical crime novels have proved a benchmark for the genre, and The Fire Court is no exception.Cunningly plotted and movingly written, it's a fascinating portrait of a city, and its people, recovering from trauma'Mick Herron, bestselling author of Slow Horses Praise for Andrew Taylor: `If you like C. J. Sansom, or Hilary Mantel, you'll love Andrew Taylor' Peter James `Ashes of London is terrific' Sarah Hilary `The Ashes of London presents a breathtakingly ambitious picture of an era ... the multiple narrative strands are drawn together in a brilliantly orchestrated finale' Financial Times `In this elegant, engrossing novel set during an extraordinary period, Taylor skilfully presents a London in which so many must still pay the price for the Civil War and the murder of King Charles I' Sunday Express `One of the most reliably enjoyable of historical novelists ... Taylor demonstrates his usual command of plot and historical background' The Sunday Times 'A complex weave of history and mystery and the first of a new series from Andrew Taylor' The i `The author conveys the confusion and uncertainty of the times in a pacy story of Charles II's desire for vengeance, the struggle to rebuild a stricken city and the hunt for a murderer' Daily Mail `This is terrific stuff: intelligent, engrossing and, in its evocation of a long-vanished London, wonderfully plausible' Daily Telegraph 'The Ashes of London weaves a pacy story from the framework of true events. A new Shardlake may rise from the ashes' The Times `Andrew Taylor provides a masterclass in how to weave a well-researched history into a complex plot' The Times, Books of the Year `Thrilling... Gripping, fast-moving and credible... It's a well-constructed political thriller with moments of horror, admirable and enjoyable. Taylor has done his research so thoroughly as to be unobtrusive' Spectator `Finely wrought and solidly researched... The novel's plot is fiendishly complex' Sunday Telegraph

`Andrew Taylor's historical crime novels have proved a benchmark for the genre, and The Fire Court is no exception. Cunningly plotted and movingly written, it's a fascinating portrait of a city, and its people, recovering from trauma' Mick Herron, bestselling author of Slow Horses `Marwood and Lovett's search for a killer in the sooty streets of 1660s London is an atmospheric pleasure, full of twists and memorable characters' The Times `With a fast-moving, complex plot underpinned by solid but unobtrusive research and plenty of drama and intrigue, Taylor brings the 17th century to life so vividly that one can almost smell it' Guardian `Once again, Taylor combines his detailed research with a deviously twist-laden storyline' Observer `This gripping mystery is even better than its predecessor, The Ashes of London' Sunday Express S Magazine `Taylor remains to my mind at the top of the list of historical novelists writing in English today' Reviewing the Evidence `If it were not a superlative crime novel, Taylor's evocative picture of the Great Fire of London, The Ashes of London, could be considered a historical novel of the first order. Its sequel, The Fire Court, is equally impressive' Financial Times Praise for Andrew Taylor: `If you like C. J. Sansom, or Hilary Mantel, you'll love Andrew Taylor' Peter James `Ashes of London is terrific' Sarah Hilary `A breathtakingly ambitious picture of an era ... the multiple narrative strands are drawn together in a brilliantly orchestrated finale' Financial Times `In this elegant, engrossing novel set during an extraordinary period, Taylor skilfully presents a London in which so many must still pay the price for the Civil War and the murder of King Charles I' Sunday Express `One of the most reliably enjoyable of historical novelists ... Taylor demonstrates his usual command of plot and historical background' The Sunday Times 'A complex weave of history and mystery and the first of a new series from Andrew Taylor' The i

Author Information

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

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