Robert J. Lloyd

1 series 3 books in order

Robert Lloyd, the son of parents who worked in the British Foreign Office, grew up in South London, Innsbruck, and Kinshasa. He studied for a Fine Art degree, starting as a landscape painter, but it was while studying for his MA degree in the History of Ideas that he first read Robert Hooke's diary, detailing the life and experiments of this extraordinary man. The discovery inspired Lloyd to write his first novel, The Bloodless Boy. After a twenty-year career as a secondary school teacher, he has now returned to painting and writing, and is working on the third book in the Hunt and Hooke series.

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A Hunt and Hooke Novel

Series by Robert J. Lloyd

A Hunt and Hooke Novel

3 books in order · 2022–2024

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    The Bloodless Boy

    2022 · Robert J. Lloyd

    A New York Times Best New Historical Novel of 2021 "Potent... fast-paced..." - The New York Times Book Review "Wonderfully imagined and wonderfully…

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    The Poison Machine

    2022 · Robert J. Lloyd

    "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…

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    The Bedlam Cadaver

    2024 · Robert J. Lloyd

    In late 17th Century London rich young women are being kidnapped, then murdered. Harry Hunt, formerly of the Royal Society but now a rich gentleman,…

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How many books has Robert J. Lloyd written?

We list 3 books by Robert J. Lloyd across 1 series, published between 2022–2024 — each shown in full reading order.

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