The Sleeping Policeman: William Dougal Crime Series Book 7

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When private detective William Dougal is asked by a young doctor, Graham Hanslope, to investigate a case of blackmail, he suspects - quite rightly - that crucial information is being withheld. Visiting the doctor's country cottage, Dougal finds the small village community seething with suspicions and rivalry.

A local hit-and-run incident, adultery and a spate of burglaries lead inexorably to murder. All the evidence points in one direction, but Dougal, as usual, comes up with another answer, one so bizarre it will be almost impossible to prove...

Reviews

Andrew Taylor is a master story-teller. - Daily Telegraph

Well modulated, enjoyable criminous entertainment - Guardian

This simple summary does not do justice to the complexity, nor to the subtlety with which the author portrays his characters . . . this is undoubtedly Andrew Taylor's best book yet - Evening Standard

Enjoyable voyeuristic peep at greedy, back-scratching local community - Guardian

Keen, quirky, dying-fall entertainment. - The Sunday Times

Author Bio

A bestselling crime writer, Andrew Taylor has also worked as a boatbuilder, wages clerk, librarian, labourer and publisher's reader. He has written many prize-winning crime novels and thrillers, including the William Dougal crime series, the Lydmouth crime series and the ground-breaking Roth Trilogy.

Andrew Taylor lives with his wife and their two children in the Forest of Dean, on the borders of England and Wales. To find out more, visit Andrew's website, www.andrew-taylor.co.uk.