Hawkwood
Subtitle: a regency crime thriller
By: James McGee
Edition: 1st Pegasus books cloth ed.
Series: Regency crime thriller; Matthew Hawkwood series -- 1; Regency crime thriller; Matthew Hawkwood series -- 1.
Publisher: Pegasus Crime
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 409
ISBN-13: 9781605983684
Copyright date: 2006
Subjects: Private investigators; Murder; Investigation; Thieves; History; Fiction
Description: The year is 1811, and Bow Street Runner Matthew Hawkwood is ordered by Chief Magistrate James Read to investigate the double murder of a coachman and a naval courier on the Kent Road. Hawkwood is initially puzzled as to why the Chief Magistrate is so concerned by this relatively simple case, but as his investigation unfolds, another body is discovered and a higher agenda begins to emerge--an attempt by the Emperor Napoleon to bring about a crushing military and psychological blow to Britain, the means of which would bring terror to the seas for years to come. When Britain's security is on the line, it's time to call in Regency London's most effective--and most controversial--investigator, Matthew Hawkwood.