{"product_id":"the-judgement-of-strangers-9780007105106","title":"The Judgement of Strangers","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Andrew Taylor\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: HarperCollins\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: HarperCollins\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Mystery \u0026amp; Detective - Hard-Boiled\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Back Cover\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Andrew Taylor was given the thumbs up long ago for beautifully crafted, well-written narratives combining subtlety, depth and that vital \"Oh my God what the hell is going to happen next\" factor, which is the driving force of the story-teller\"\u003cbr\u003eFRANCES FYFIELD, 'Daily Express'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is 1970. David Byfield, a widowed parish priest with a dark past and a darker future, brings home a new wife to Roth. Blinded by lust, Byfield is oblivious to the dangers that lie all about him: the menopausal churchwarden with a hopeless passion for her priest; his beautiful, neglected teenage daughter Rosemary; and the sinister presence of Frances Youlgreave - poet, opium addict and suicide - whose power stretches beyond the grave.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSoon the murders and blasphemies begin. But does the responsibility lie in the present or the past? And can Byfield, a prisoner of his own passion, break through to the truth before the final tragedy destroys what he most cherishes?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'The Judgement of Strangers' is the second novel in Andrew Taylor's Roth Trilogy, linked psychological thrillers which, like an archaeological dig, strip away the layers of a psychopaths history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Complex, with lots of sinister implications... moves the traditional crime novel on to some deeper level of exploration\"\u003cbr\u003eJANE JAKEMAN, 'Independent'\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45408107331735,"sku":"9780007105106","price":1271.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780007105106.webp?v=1767309340","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-judgement-of-strangers-9780007105106","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}