He signed on with the rough and ready crew building England's first railway. But his hands were too soft for hard labor. His speech and manners almost betrayed him. Underneath the coarse disguise was a gentleman whose name was legend throughout Europ...
Edmund Blackstone, Bow Street Runner, of doubtful parentage and background, the best if far from the most conformist in the force, secretly applauds the robbers he hunts. He is tall, well-built, with a strongly featured face and, despite his elega...
In Blackstone on Broadway, the Bow Street Runner pits his wits against the criminals of New York, in search of Captain Kidd's treasure.
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An exquisite ruby lay on a piece of velvet between Edmund Blackstone, Bow Stree...
“It combines romance and adventure, roguery and authenticity ... Excellent reading, right to the end.”
Manchester Evening News
“Lurid and exciting.”
Smith’s Trade News
“Another of those excellently researched and...
“An exciting new hero has just made his bow -- Edmund Blackstone, Bow Street Runner.”
Daily Mirror
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The Guardian
“Crisp, fast-moving stuff, with a strong sense of period.”
Homes and Gardens...
“A superior example of a period piece as a whodunit… a gripping yarn.”
Cambridge Evening News
“London’s slums and underworld in the 1820s are a desperate and colourful background. Richard Falkirk has his teeth firmly into his p...
Iceland. In the winter it gets light at 10am and dark at 2pm. The daily announcement of the Chill Factor allows you to calculate how quickly you could die from exposure…Iceland is erupting " and not just its volcano.It is 1971, the height of the ...
The 1970s Middle East conflict is the setting for this high-octane thriller by the author of The Chill Factor.A crossed telephone wire causes a call from the President of the United States to his Ambassador in London to be overheard by geologist Tom ...