Introducing Bow Street Runner Matthew Hawkwood, the protector, who, along with a small group of about eight, watch over Regency London. He’s an attractive hero, the period atmosphere is great, the main plot wonderfully inventive and the writing compulsive and gripping, all in all the start of what should grow into an exciting new series. I really look forward to the next. Just as an aside, the author, who uses a pseudonym, used to be the manager of one of Ottakar’s bookshops.
Similar this month: Arturo Perez-Reverte.
Comparison: Bernard Cornwell (Sharpe novels), C C Humphreys, Martin Stephen.
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Hunting down highwaymen was not the usual preserve of a Bow Street Runner. As the most resourceful of this elite band of investigators, Matthew Hawkwood was surprised to be assigned the case – even if it did involve the murder and mutilation of a naval courier.
From the squalor of St Giles Rookery, London's notorious den of thieves and cutthroats, to the brightly lit salons of the aristocracy and the heart of the British government, Hawkwood relentlessly pursues his quarry.
As the case unfolds and another body is discovered on the banks of the Thames, the true agenda begins to emerge. And only Hawkwood can stop a dastardly plot that will end British mastery of the seas forever.
Ratcatcher features in the following genres: Thriller and Suspense, Historical Fiction, eBooks of the Month, Fiction, Recommendations
Ratcatcher is available in Paperback (b Format)
Ratcatcher was written by James McGee and published by Harpercollins Publishers
Ratcatcher has 492 pages
