Fireside Gothic

By: Andrew Taylor

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Hardcover | 24 October 2016

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From the No.1 bestselling author of The American Boy and The Ashes of London comes a collection of three gothic novellas - Broken Voices, The Leper House and The Scratch - perfect for fans of The Loney by Andrew Michael Hurley.

BROKEN VOICES
It's Christmas before the Great War and two lonely schoolboys have been forced into companionship. Left in the care of an elderly teacher, there is little to do but listen to his eerie tales about the nearby Cathedral. The boys concoct a plan to discover if the stories are true. But the Cathedral is filled with hidden dangers, and curiosity can prove fatal.

THE LEPER HOUSE
One stormy night in Suffolk, a man's car breaks down following his sister's funeral. The only source of light comes from a remote cottage by the sea. The mysterious woman who lives there begs him to leave, yet he can't shake the sense that she somehow needs him. He attempts to return the next day but she is nowhere to be seen. And neither is the cottage.

THE SCRATCH
Clare and Gerald live a perfect life in the Forest of Dean with their cat, Cannop. Then Gerald's young nephew comes to stay. Jack is from another world - active service in Afghanistan. The experience has left him outwardly untouched, but for a scratch that won't heal. Jack and Cannop don't like each other. Clare and Jack like each other too much. The scratch begins to fester.

Industry Reviews

Praise for Fireside Gothic:

'Spine tinglers that cry out to be read in the flickering light of a wood fire... Wonderfully atmospheric' Kate Saunders, The Times

Praise for The Ashes of London

'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

'A complex weave of history and mystery and the first of a new series from Andrew Taylor' The i

'This is terrific stuff: intelligent, engrossing and, in its evocation of a long-vanished London, wonderfully plausible.' Toby Clements, Daily Telegraph

'A pacey story... Taylor masters the detail as well as the broader picture... A new Shardlake may be rising from the ashes' The Times

'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

'The description of London in 1666, as the Great Fire is at last dying down, is unforgettable' Literary Review

'Finely wrought and solidly researched... The novel's plot is fiendishly complex' Sunday Telegraph

'The Ashes of London is a chilling murder mystery and an equally transporting historical novel. A genuine pleasure from start to finish' Peter Swanson

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