The Scent of Death*WINNER of the Ellis Peters Historical Dagger Award 2013* Andrew Taylor wrote superb historical fiction long before Hilary Mantel was popular Daily Telegraph From the No. 1 bestselling author of THE AMERICAN BOY comes a new historical thriller set during the American War of Independence. This is the story of a woman and a city. I saw the city first, shimmering from afar like the new Jerusalem in the setting sun. It was Sunday, 2nd August 1778. Edward

Soon Pa builds them a sturdier house

The Kojimas claim to be the rightful heirs to Blackford House

and betrayal defined the lives of both women

Churro Bowls

Narrative Nonfiction at its Finest: Written with the keen intellect and insatiable curiosity that made Simon Winchester a bestselling author

fox-hunting circles she had always

through work and play

She was painting a picture of the front of the inn

It is a taut and profoundly moving novel about mothers and daughters—the fierce bonds that unite them and the deceit that can drive them apart

the colonel’s French mistress

ten years later

Wise and compassionate