Blacklist

Blaines #2

by Andrew Taylor

A thriller concerning a blackmail campaign aimed primarily at western VIPs and intelligence officers. The story opens in Istanbul with the death of a minor British agent, Claybrook. Although his death is accidental, it embroils MoD troubleshooter Eric Blaines in a campaign of blackmail..

312 pages, Hardcover

First published October 26, 1988

About the author

Andrew Taylor (b. 1951) is a British author of mysteries. Born in East Anglia, he attended university at Cambridge before getting an MA in library sciences from University College London. His first novel, Caroline Miniscule (1982), a modern-day treasure hunt starring history student William Dougal, began an eight-book series and won Taylor wide critical acclaim. He has written several other thriller series, most notably the eight Lydmouthbooks, which begin with An Air That Kills (1994).

His other novels include The Office of the Dead (2000) and The American Boy (2003), both of which won the Crime Writers’ Association of Britain’s Ellis Peters Historical Dagger award, making Taylor the only author to receive the prize twice. His Roth trilogy, which has been published in omnibus form as Requiem for an Angel (2002), was adapted by the UK’s ITV for its television show Fallen Angel. Taylor’s most recent novel is the historical thriller The Scent of Death (2013).