A Schooling in Murder

*A Times Best Book of the Year* From the author of The Ashes of London, comes a new historical mystery set in the last days of WWII 'Ten out of ten' The Times ‘A grand piece of work – a triumph and one of Taylor’s best’ MICK HERRON 'A wonderfully unique novel from the master of historical crime fiction. Beautiful, haunting, and quite brilliant' LAURA SHEPHERD-ROBINSON ‘As good as I’d expect from a master of the craft’ VAL MCDERMID 'A wonderful, subtle novel, set in a strange, enclosed world. Beautiful writing and a gloriously satisfying ending' ANN CLEEVES __________ England, May 1945 In the last days of World War II, Monkshill Park School for Girls stands far apart from the violence in Europe. Yet a woman has been murdered in its grounds. Annabel Warnock, a teacher with a secretive past, has disappeared. The teachers and girls whisper that she’s run away, but in fact she has met a violent end. Replacement tutor and amateur crime writer Alec Shaw arrives to find a school riven with bitter rivalries and dangerous tensions. He begins to suspect there is a real-life mystery waiting to be solved… and these echoing halls hide a killer.Author: Taylor, Andrew,author
Contributors: Taylor, Andrew,author
Binding: paperback
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Languages: English,Published,English,Original Language,Englis
Published/Release Date: 26 Feb 2026
Bic Classification: Crime & mystery, Thriller / suspense, Second World War fiction, Horror & ghost stories, Historical fiction
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Format: Paperback / softback
Publisher/Studio/Brand: HarperCollins Publishers
Author/Director/Artist: Andrew Taylor
Dimension (cm): 198x129x34 mm
Package Dimension (cm): 34x194x129 mm
Item Weight (g): 268
Package Weight (g): 330