Acknowledgements
With love and thanks again to Ruth, Charlotte, Callum, Cameron and Ashleigh. I’d like to thank everyone who has bought a Harry Lytle book, especially those who have sent lovely letters, or else messages via my Facebook blog page, Goodreads etc … and reviews on Amazon.
To Tara Wynne, Annabel Blay and Clair Roberts at Curtis Brown, who have worked hard on my behalf, and to whom I am very grateful indeed. To all the new faces at Allison and Busby – I’m looking forward to working with you into the future!
I’d also like to acknowledge again all the folks at the Well, especially Sharon, Mike, Hope, Benjamin, Basil, Bob, David, Sid, Melinda, Stephen, Jake and Missye. And to William Lilly, author of Astrological Judgments for the year 1666.
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About the Author
Born in a convent hospital in Malpas in 1963, PAUL LAWRENCE lived in Spain, Japan and the UK before finally settling in Australia with his wife and children. Paul is currently busy writing the fourth book in the Harry Lytle series, while living a second life as a management consultant and executive coach specialising in leadership development.
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By Paul Lawrence
The Sweet Smell of Decay
A Plague of Sinners
Hearts of Darkness
THE SWEET SMELL OF DECAY
A PLAGUE OF SINNERS
‘Paul Lawrence puts his research to excellent use, conjuring up an atmosphere of decay and decadence and portraying characters that quite literally ooze from their varied ailments’ Historical Novels Review
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First published in Great Britain by Allison & Busby in 2014. This ebook edition published by Allison & Busby in 2014.
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