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The reckoning, James McGee

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  • The 6th historical thriller featuring Matthew Hawkwood, Bow Street Runner and Spy, now hunting a killer on the loose in Regency London
  • London, 1813: Bow Street Runner Matthew Hawkwood is summoned to a burial ground and finds the corpse of a young woman, murdered and cast into an open grave. At first the death is deemed to be of little consequence. But when Chief Magistrate James Read receives a direct order from the Home Office to abandon the case, Hawkwood<U+2019>s interest is piqued. His hunt for the killer will lead him from London<U+2019>s backstreets into the heart of a government determined to protect its secrets at all costs. Only Hawkwood<U+2019>s contacts within the criminal underworld can now help. As the truth behind the girl<U+2019>s murder emerges, setting in motion a deadly chain of events, Hawkwood learns the true meaning of loyalty <U+2013> and that the enemy is much closer to home than he ever imagined<U+2026>
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eng
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391 p.
Isbn
9780007507665
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The reckoning
Title
The reckoning
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James McGee
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Language
eng
Summary
  • The 6th historical thriller featuring Matthew Hawkwood, Bow Street Runner and Spy, now hunting a killer on the loose in Regency London
  • London, 1813: Bow Street Runner Matthew Hawkwood is summoned to a burial ground and finds the corpse of a young woman, murdered and cast into an open grave. At first the death is deemed to be of little consequence. But when Chief Magistrate James Read receives a direct order from the Home Office to abandon the case, Hawkwood<U+2019>s interest is piqued. His hunt for the killer will lead him from London<U+2019>s backstreets into the heart of a government determined to protect its secrets at all costs. Only Hawkwood<U+2019>s contacts within the criminal underworld can now help. As the truth behind the girl<U+2019>s murder emerges, setting in motion a deadly chain of events, Hawkwood learns the true meaning of loyalty <U+2013> and that the enemy is much closer to home than he ever imagined<U+2026>
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1950-
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McGee, James
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[Fic]
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no index present
Literary form
fiction
Series statement
Matthew Hawkwood
Series volume
6
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  • Hawkwood, Richard (Fictitious character)
  • Intelligence officers
  • Murder
  • Political corruption
  • London (England)
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The reckoning, James McGee
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Publication
Dimensions
25 cm.
Extent
391 p.
Isbn
9780007507665
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(hardcover)
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  • 266899
  • 863093
Label
The reckoning, James McGee
Publication
Dimensions
25 cm.
Extent
391 p.
Isbn
9780007507665
Isbn Type
(hardcover)
System control number
  • 266899
  • 863093

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