Lawless and the devil of Euston Square
By: William Sutton
Publisher: Exhibit A
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 524
ISBN-13: 9781909223257
Subjects: Fiction; History; Terrorists; Romans, nouvelles; Histoire; Terroristes
Other titles: Lawless & the devil of Euston Square
Description: "Murder. Vice. Pollution. Delays on the Tube. Some things never change ... London 1859-62. A time of great exhibitions, foreign conquests and underground trains. But the era of Victorian marvels is also the time of the Great Stink. With cholera and depravity never far from the headlines, it's not only the sewers that smell bad. Novice detective, Campbell Lawless, stumbles onto the trail of Berwick Skelton, an elusive revolutionary, seemingly determined to bring London to its knees through a series of devilish acts of terrorism. But cast into a lethal, intoxicating world of music hall hoofers, industrial sabotage and royal scandal, will Lawless survive long enough to capture this underworld nemesis, before he unleashes his final vengeance on a society he wants wiped from the face of the Earth? Lawless & The Devil of Euston Square is the first of a series of historical thrillers by William Sutton set during the mid-nineteenth century, featuring Metropolitan policeman, Campbell Lawless, aka the Watchman, on his rise through the ranks and his initiation as a spy. Before Holmes, there was Lawless ... Before Campbell Lawless, the London streets weren't safe to walk ..."--
Notes: "First published in 2006 by Crescent Books, ... under the title The worms of Euston Square"--Title page verso.