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Kill-devil and Water
Andrew Pepper
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Description for Kill-devil and Water
Paperback. Pyke returns in a gripping tale of brutal murder and deception, set in the back streets of Victorian London and the cane fields of Jamaica. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 276.
Pyke returns in a gripping tale of brutal murder and deception, set in the back streets of Victorian London and the cane fields of Jamaica. London: 1840. The economy is sliding into recession; gangs of unemployed workers roam the streets; and a murderer prowls the capital's poor neighbourhoods. Pyke, still grieving over the death of his wife and struggling to shoulder his responsibilities as a father, is in debtors' prison, having lost his home and reached the edge of bankruptcy. Fitzroy Tilling, now head of the new Metropolitan Police Force gives Pyke his freedom, but in return ... Read more
Pyke returns in a gripping tale of brutal murder and deception, set in the back streets of Victorian London and the cane fields of Jamaica. London: 1840. The economy is sliding into recession; gangs of unemployed workers roam the streets; and a murderer prowls the capital's poor neighbourhoods. Pyke, still grieving over the death of his wife and struggling to shoulder his responsibilities as a father, is in debtors' prison, having lost his home and reached the edge of bankruptcy. Fitzroy Tilling, now head of the new Metropolitan Police Force gives Pyke his freedom, but in return ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Weight
276g
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780753825976
SKU
V9780753825976
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Ref
99-10
About Andrew Pepper
Andrew Pepper is a lecturer in American Writing and Contemporary Crime Fiction at Queen's University, Belfast. His first novel, THE LAST DAYS OF NEWGATE, was shortlisted for the CWA NEW BLOOD AWARD. He lives in Belfast with his partner and children.
Reviews for Kill-devil and Water
'The novel drips with all the atmospheric detail of a pre-Victorian murder mystery "pea-soupers", dingy lanterns and laudanum' - THE TIMES 'In its urgency and rawness... KILL-DEVIL AND WATER goes further than simply clever and diverting literary appropriation' - TLS 'Pyke is violent, vengeful and conflicted in the best tradition of detectives. His story takes ... Read more