Shadow of the hangman
By: Edward Marston
Edition: First edition.
Series: Bow street rivals series -- book 1
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 383
ISBN-13: 9780749016869
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Fiction; History
Description: "1815. Peter and Paul Skillen are identical twins, fearless thief-takers who rival the Bow Street Runners. When they catch a notorious burglar, they claim a handsome reward and infuriate the Bow Street Runners, who believe they have a monopoly on policing in the capital. The Home Secretary, Viscount Sidmouth faces a crisis. During a massacre of American prisoners of war at Dartmoor, two escape and come to London in search of retribution. The Home Office has another problem --its cleaner has been abducted. Peter and Paul Skillen are hired to catch the fugitives and find the missing cleaner"--