The Roth Trilogy
"Taylor is a complex writer with...the admirable goal of trying to move the traditional crime novel on to some deeper level of exploration. " Jane Jakeman, The Independent
What happens if a female serial killer has maternal instincts? If she has the face of an angel and a taste for little children? Like an archaeological dig, these three novels are designed to strip away the layers of a psychopath's history.
The structure of the Roth Trilogy is probably unique in crime fiction - and perhaps in any sort of fiction. It is composed of interlocking stories; each novel is self-contained and may be read independently of the others.
Each book discreetly modifies the others, and each is written in a different style. Taken as a whole, they make one large novel, which should keep readers occupied for the longest transcontinental flights. The omnibus edition, Requiem For An Angel, has a foreword by Frances Fyfield. It has been reissued under the title Fallen Angel as the TV tie-in.
The Roth Trilogy is published by HarperCollins in the UK, Hyperion in the US, Klim in Denmark, Zsolnay and Goldmann in Germany, Forum in Sweden, Bzztoh and Bruna in Holland, Ehasa in Spain, Asa in Portugal, Zysk-I-Ska in Poland, Kodansha in Japan, Presses de la Cite in France, Vigmostad & Bjorke in Norway and Rao in Romania.
Fallen Angel, starring Charles Dance and Emilia Fox and a host of other talented actors, was broadcast on ITV1 on consecutive evenings in March 2007.
The three books are now available in an omnibus edition under the titles Requiem For an Angel or Fallen Angel.