Bleeding Heart Square
Author(s): Andrew Taylor
Bleeding Heart Square is a tense historical thriller from the bestselling author of The Ashes of London 1934, London Into the decaying cul-de-sac of Bleeding Heart Square steps aristocratic Lydia Langstone fleeing an abusive marriage. However, unknown to Lydia, a dark mystery haunts Bleeding Heart Square. What happened to Miss Penhow, the middle-aged spinster who owns the house and who vanished four years earlier? Why is a seedy plain-clothes policeman obsessively watching the square? What is making struggling journalist Rory Wentwood so desperate to contact Miss Penhow? And why are parcels of rotting hearts being sent to Joseph Serridge, the last person to see Miss Penhow alive?
General Information
- :
- : Penguin Books, Limited
- : Michael Joseph
- : 0.341
- : 29 January 2009
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Other Specifications
- : Andrew Taylor
- : Paperback
- : 1
- : English
- : 496
- : Crime & mystery
More About The Product
The period atmosphere, as in all Taylor's work, is flawless. He simply gets better and better Daily Telegraph Taylor is the modern master of a very Dickensian underworld... A sense of brooding evil pervades the complex plot, handled with great assurance Independent
Andrew Taylor is the author of a number of critically acclaimed crime novels, including the Roth Trilogy (ITV's Fallen Angel) and The American Boy, his bestselling historical novel which was a Richard and Judy Book Club selection. He has won many awards, including the CWA John Creasey Award, an Edgar Scroll from the Mystery Writers of America and two CWA Ellis Peters Historical Daggers. He lives in the Forest of Dean.
