Robert Lloyd, the son of parents who worked in British Foreign Office, grew up in South London, Innsbruck, and Kinshasa. He studied for a Fine Art degree, starting as a landscape painter, but while studying for MA degree in The History of Ideas that he first read Robert Hooke's diary, detailing the life and experiments of this extraordinary man. After a 20-year career as a secondary school teacher, he has returned to painting and writing. Author of The Bloodless Boy, which was selected by Publishers Weekly as a Mystery Book of the Year and The New York Times as a Best New Historical Novel of 2021.
"A deliciously preposterous adventure..." —The New York
Times Book Review
"Lloyd once again infuses his world with the sights, sounds, and
smells of the late 17th century...for what’s bound to be one of the
best historical novels of the year." —CrimeReads
"Outstanding ... Lloyd skillfully combines an endearingly flawed
lead, jaw-dropping twists, and the fraught, conspiracy-laden
politics of the Stuart Restoration." —Publishers Weekly, Starred
Review
"What an extraordinarily absorbing historical mystery, filled with
just as much swashbuckling derring-do as it is intellectual
conundrums!...Mr. Lloyd’s ability to bring the mores of the times
to life, as well as to make the 17th century feel both exceedingly
relatable to and intriguing for the modern reader, more than makes
up for any slight liberties taken with the historical record in the
telling of this tale" --Criminal Element
"A nail-biting and brilliantly imagined historical thriller..."
--Bookreporter
"Lloyd's characters are simultaneously deeply imaginative and
perceptive and very much of their time and place, which Lloyd
refuses to romanticize. This principle of accurate observation, so
in tune with the series' theme and Hunt's personal values, is one
of the series' many strengths and something that distinguishes it
from nearly all historical mysteries set in pre-20th-century
Britain..." --Reviewing the Evidence
"This is a 17th-century Mission Impossible and a real page-turner."
--The Historical Novel Society Review
Praise for The Bloodless Boy (A Hunt & Hook Novel) . . .
A New York Times Best New Historical Novel of 2021
CrimeReads Best Debut Novels of The Month: November 2021
"Potent... fast-paced..." — The New York Times Book Review
“Everything new is old again — rumor-mongering, disinformation
campaigns, religious bigotry — in Robert J. Lloyd’s nifty murder
mystery loosely based on real events in Restoration England.” —The
Washington Post
"Lloyd's stunning debut and series launch makes the complex
politics of the time feel immediate while integrating them into an
engrossing whodunit." — Publishers Weekly, Starred Review
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