Freelance Death After the death of his wife, Arabella, Rod Lorton finds papers which reveal unpleasant facts about her. Lorton wants revenge and William Dougal lends a hand, even coming up with a good plan. The object of the revenge is PR chief Ivor Newley, owner of a rare collection of coins, all of which he has obtained by shady means. If the collection were to disappear Newley couldn't go to the police and would be vulnerable to blackmail. But Dougal has miscalculated - when it is time to collect there is no money, there is only a corpse ... "A wonderful book, funny and inventive, well plotted and characterised. Dougal, the not quite amoral, redeemingly imperfect Machiavel and skinflint child of fortune, is one of the most likeable sleuths on the circuit" Oxford Times
Paperback - Penguin
Our Father's Lies William Dougal teams up with his father and uncovers fifty years of murder and corruption in high places. When historian Richard Prentisse's drowning is declared a suicide, his daughter remains unconvinced - after all, his body was found with a bottle of the wrong brand of gin. It's not much evidence, but it's enough to send her god-father, retired British intelligence officer Major Ted Dougal, and his son William, off on a trail that leads to a 1930s arsenic poisoning and a still-classified World War I court martial. Fortunately, the Major has a lot of connections - and William has very few scruples.
Visit Andrew at his own Website for more info on the Dougal Series. "Sharp, literate, well ordered, and fun" The Times, London
"A complicated plot in which all the strands are coherently brought together ... Mr Taylor is a sophisticated writer." The New York Times Book Review
Freelance Death
Freelance Death