Paul Lawrence (1) (1963–)
Auteur de The Sweet Smell of Decay
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A propos de l'auteur
Paul Lawrence has travelled and worked around the world but has now settled in Sydney, Australia where he runs creative writing workshops for high school students and other aspiring writers.
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Œuvres de Paul Lawrence
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Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- Lawrence, Paul
- Date de naissance
- 1963-07-04
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- Australia
UK (birth) - Lieu de naissance
- Malpas, Cheshire, England, UK
- Lieux de résidence
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
UK
Spain
Portugal
Japan - Études
- University College London
- Professions
- novelist
- Agent
- Tara Wynne (Curtis Brown)
- Courte biographie
- Now fifty, born in the UK. After doing a psychology degree at Durham, and a PhD at London in 1989, he embarked on a corporate career, living and working in Australia, Spain, Portugal and Japan. In 2004 he emigrated to Australia with his wife and 4 children. His first book, 'The Sweet Smell of Decay' was published in 2009, and the sequel 'A Plague of Sinners' in May 2010.
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 3
- Membres
- 161
- Popularité
- #131,051
- Évaluation
- 3.4
- Critiques
- 3
- ISBN
- 60
- Langues
- 9
- Favoris
- 1
If you are looking for a histroical thriller detective series this is the book for you. Paul has written a thriller detective story that not only has been set in 1665 around the time of the plague, he has added an interest of a women Liz of whom he would love to court.
But things go wrong when a man dies at the dinner table in her own house from the plague and Harry even though working for the king did not want to see Liz and her father locked up in their own house for months with red paint on their door letting everyone know they may be all infected. The plague had reached town. So Harry Lytle helped get rid of the body and hoped no one had seen what he had done and then left Liz to go on his way and complete his duties for the king with his partner dowling.
This book has twists and turns that i did not expect which is good as it was not predictable. Paul was able to detail the setting, the characters and time very well, obivously knowing the era. I was able to imagine the characters, the killings and the visual images of the symptoms of the plague.
Harry has been given a job to work out who murdered the Earl of St Albans but as his detective work unfolds and he gets more involved then he may have thought, risking his own life and the ones he cares for as he gets closer to discovering the truth.
I took a little while to get into the book which was my own fault, not pauls as it was the first historical book i had read for a very long time, and onced i got used to the way the characters spoke i flew through the book and wanted to know more as i couldnt put the book down. I loved the way paul descibed the characters Dowling, Jane and Harry and i felt an attachment to their lifes plus i wanted to know what happened to the Earl.
The book flowed really well and paul didnt miss a beat, every was linking very well. Even though i hadnt read the first book in the series, this book could be a stand alone book, it's that good. After reading a plague of sinners i do find myself wanting to know more about the sweet smell of decay and other adventures Harry and Dowling have.
While also hoping that paul writes book three of the series as i want to know what happens to him and a certain lady. Thanks paul.… (plus d'informations)