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Lloyd Shepherd's Books
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The Poisoned IslandAuthor of The English Monster takes us on another voyage of discovery from Kew Gardens to the island of Otaheite by way of a murder investigation.Read More -
The English MonsterBased on the Ratcliffe Highway murders, this debut historical thriller takes us through the Age of Discovery to a real-life murder investigationRead More
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Nudge, May 26, 2013
...Plague, and I’m suffering the agony of choice over future reading material.� It’ll either be Lloyd Shepherd’s The Poisoned Island, William McIlvanney’s Laidlaw, Stav Sherez’s Eleven Days, or Mark Binelli’s The Last Days of Detroit.� Rest...
Nudge, May 19, 2013
...get a publishing contract.” “Never give up,” suggested Brian Freeman of ‘Spilled Blood’ fame, and genre-bending history-horror-crime writer Lloyd Shepherd favoured graft over gratification – “Stop looking at your Amazon ranking and get on...
Londonist, May 8, 2013
...6.30pm, £7.50 / £5). Four authors shortlisted for the Authors’ Club Best First Novel Award (Kerry Hudson, Lloyd Shepherd, Ros Barber and Patrick Flanery if you want specifics) are reading and chatting at Foyles (6.30pm, free). China Miéville...
Nudge, May 7, 2013
...to rid myself of reviewer anxiety, is me. One of the best books I read during 2012 was Lloyd Shepherd’s The English Monster – and it violates each of the insidious little rules above. In fact, it transcended not just the array of sub-genres within...
The Independent, April 30, 2013
...s tour de force The Marlowe Papers, which recounts the life and death of the poet-spy in verse; Lloyd Shepherd’s The English Monster, a rattling adventure of piracy and dockside murders that probes the sinister heart of Britain’s mercantile empire;...
Londonist, April 24, 2013
...Author appearances, poetry and spoken word events in London this week Thursday 25 April: John Berkavitch, Laurie Bulger and April resident poet Stephanie Dogfoot are the guests at Bang Said the Gun (8pm, £7 / £5). Will Self, Patrick Ness and...
Guardian.co.uk, March 21, 2013
...books they devoured. "A massive part of my teenage years. 23 novels, 54m books sold. Giant," wrote Lloyd Shepherd . That's how it was for me too. I think the first one of his novels I read, probably around 13 or 14, was the utterly disturbing The Magic...
Albury Border Mail, May 31, 2013
...back in the lead up to next week’s grand final re-match. Premiership stars Matt Fowler, Luke Packer, Lloyd Shepherd and reigning Morris medallist Joel Mackie will all play today. Josh Gaynor, who has been battling a medial strain, has been named in...
Nudge, May 26, 2013
...Plague, and I’m suffering the agony of choice over future reading material.� It’ll either be Lloyd Shepherd’s The Poisoned Island, William McIlvanney’s Laidlaw, Stav Sherez’s Eleven Days, or Mark Binelli’s The Last Days of Detroit.� Rest...
Nudge, May 19, 2013
...get a publishing contract.” “Never give up,” suggested Brian Freeman of ‘Spilled Blood’ fame, and genre-bending history-horror-crime writer Lloyd Shepherd favoured graft over gratification – “Stop looking at your Amazon ranking and get on...
Londonist, May 15, 2013
...up, 6pm BEST FIRST NOVELS : Four authors shortlisted for the Authors’ Club Best First Novel Award (Kerry Hudson, Lloyd Shepherd, Ros Barber and Patrick Flanery, if you want specifics) are reading and chatting at Foyles . Free, prebook,...
Londonist, May 8, 2013
...6.30pm, £7.50 / £5). Four authors shortlisted for the Authors’ Club Best First Novel Award (Kerry Hudson, Lloyd Shepherd, Ros Barber and Patrick Flanery if you want specifics) are reading and chatting at Foyles (6.30pm, free). China Miéville...
Nudge, May 7, 2013
...to rid myself of reviewer anxiety, is me. One of the best books I read during 2012 was Lloyd Shepherd’s The English Monster – and it violates each of the insidious little rules above. In fact, it transcended not just the array of sub-genres within...
Casey Weekly Cranbourne, May 6, 2013
...Keysborough to extend the Chris Bryan-coached outfit's misery. Jordan Andrews booted four majors for the Wickers while Lloyd Shepherd and Madison Andrews were brilliant. Narre Warren flexed its muscle to account for ROC by 84 points with Kerem Baskaya...
