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Philip Purser-Hallard

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Philip Purser-Hallard is a widely published and occasionally acclaimed author, editor and critic. He has written four Sherlock Holmes novels for Titan Books, all favourably reviewed in Publishers Weekly, and the Devices trilogy of urban fantasy thrillers for Snowbooks, as well as a plethora of shorter fiction. He is a founding editor of and frequent contributor to the Black Archive, a series of critical monographs about individual Doctor Who stories.

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"In my writing I like to reimagine and question established cultural icons, hence my four Sherlock Holmes novels for Titan Books. Writing dialogue between Holmes and Lady Bracknell, from Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest, may be the high point of my career. The Devic ...more

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	The Vanishing Man 3.67 avg rating — 268 ratings — published 2019 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Spider's Web 3.69 avg rating — 160 ratings — published 2020 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Masters of Lies 4.08 avg rating — 106 ratings — published 2022 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Of the City of the Saved by Philip Purser-Hallard (Goodreads Author), Nick Hallard (Illustrator), Cody Schell (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.16 avg rating — 103 ratings — published 2004 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Monster of the Mere 3.75 avg rating — 110 ratings — published 2023 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Pendragon Protocol 3.90 avg rating — 79 ratings — published 2014 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dark Water / Death in Heaven (The Black Archive, #4) 3.93 avg rating — 43 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tales of the City (The City of the Saved, #1) by Philip Purser-Hallard (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Blair Bidmead (Goodreads Author), Elizabeth Evershed 4.03 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Battlefield (The Black Archive, #34) 4.29 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2019	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Locksley Exploit 4.40 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2015 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Philip Purser-Hallard

The City of the Saved (10 books)
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Philip Purser-Hallard (Goodreads Author) (Editor),

Kara Dennison (Goodreads Author) (Contributor),

Kelly Hale (Contributor),

Louise Sellers (Contributor),

Helen Angove (Goodreads Author) (Contributor),

Juliet Kemp (Goodreads Author) (Contributor),

Selina Lock (Goodreads Author) (Contributor),

Blair Bidmead (Goodreads Author) (Cover artist)

4.20 avg rating — 386 ratings

The Devices Trilogy (3 books)
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Philip Purser-Hallard (Goodreads Author)

4.09 avg rating — 125 ratings

Forgotten Lives (3 books)
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Philip Purser-Hallard (Goodreads Author) (Editor),

Simon Bucher-Jones (Goodreads Author),

Daniel Tessier (Goodreads Author),

Kara Dennison (Goodreads Author),

Chris Wing (Goodreads Author),

Ian McIntire,

Jay Eales (Goodreads Author),

Paul Driscoll (Goodreads Author)

4.61 avg rating — 33 ratings

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