<p><strong>A heady mix of murder, intrigue, and a supernatural interlocutor</strong>. Taylor’s prose is characteristically fluid, his ability to conjure empathy for his cast – both real and spectral – wonderfully perceptive, and the plot itself gripping in the very best traditions of mystery writing. <strong>A thorough delight from start to finish</strong></p>

- Vaseem Khan,

<p>An engrossing, eerie and erudite page turner which maintains the suspense until the very end … I defy anyone not to enjoy this captivating whodunnit!</p>

- SW Perry,

<p><em>A Schooling in Murder</em> captures the period brilliantly and what a loveable main character– a total delight</p>

- Leonora Nattrass,

<p>Beguiling</p>

- Douglas Skelton,

<p>This most unusual murder mystery – in which the reader is aligned with the murder victim after her death – is <strong>an absolute triumph</strong>. Andrew Taylor turns the conventions of mystery stories on their head to explore secrets hidden just beneath the surface within a closed community. <em>A Schooling in Murder</em> is <strong>clever, tender and utterly haunting</strong>.</p>

- Tim Major,

<p>Andrew Taylor re-invents the classic crime story with the dark aplomb of a modern master</p>

- S.G. MacLean,

<p><em>A Schooling in Murder</em> is a clever, distinctive, and beautifully written mystery from a crime writer who is top of the class</p>

- Martin Edwards,

<p>An ingenious and intriguing homage to the golden age of crime fiction – <em>A Schooling in Murder</em> is both wryly beguiling and steeped in atmospheric tension. I could not put it down</p>

- Essie Fox,

<p>Taylor evokes beautifully the tawdry atmosphere, the cast of misfits and the relationships and love affairs that must be hidden, with a lightness of touch that belies the deeper tragic elements of the story. This is a novel of immense charm</p>

- Elizabeth Freemantle,

<p>Crime fiction has a new superstar: Annabel Warnock is simply the best narrator I have read in a long time. Acerbic, inquisitive, irrepressible … It hardly matters that she's dead, although of course it matters very much in the plot. This is a splendidly lively and richly entertaining novel. I adored it</p>

- Sarah Hilary,

<p>The master of historical crime fiction is back and he's on top form. Taylor has reinvented the classic crime story to create a riveting WWII mystery set within a secretive school amid deadly rivalries. Brilliantly eery and suspenseful. A triumph</p>

- Anna Mazzola,

<p>An absolute masterpiece of rising tension</p>

Mirror

<p><em>A Schooling in Murder </em>turns the country house mystery inside out with wit and wisdom. Ten out of ten.</p>

The Times

<p>Taylor's position at the apex of historical crime writers is reinforced</p>

Financial Times

<p>Taylor’s ability to conjure time past is second to none … a sublime evocation of a closed world in which the adults are, in their way, as powerless as their young charges</p>

Guardian

<p>Utterly brilliant … It's gripping, funny, stylish and suspenseful with several twists that surprised me</p>

- Amanda Craig,

<p>A new departure for this gifted thriller writer… a novel told by a ghost… the veteran Taylor pulls [this] off with considerable aplomb and with the narrative skill his readers have come to expect</p>

Spectator