Andrew Taylor's novels have long been the quiet successes of contemporary British crime writing... His latest novel, Naked to the Hangman, is yet another engaging and atmospheric tale,reinforcing his deserved reputation as one of the best crime writers of his generation... Taylor's novels are always intelligent, well-structured and engrossing reads.

As a young police officer in Palestine during the closing months of the Mandate - the cradle of Middle Eastern terrorism - Richard Thornhill saw and did things which still haunt his dreams and make him fear for his sanity.

Years later, a retired police officer is found dead in Lydmouth.The past has come back to claim Detective Inspector Thornhill,and now he is under suspicion of murder.

His wife Edith and former lover Jill Francis join forces in an uneasy alliance to try to help him. And the Spring floods are rising higher than they have in living memory, drowning a multitude of secrets...