Kill-devil and water
By: Andrew Pepper
Series: A Pyke mystery -- [bk. 3]
Publisher: Phoenix
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London, England
Language: eng
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780753825976
Subjects: Private investigators; Murder; Prostitutes; Pyke (Fictitious character); Immigrants; Crimes against; Fiction; Investigation; Sugar plantations
Description: "Pyke, still grieving over the death of his wife, is in debtors' prison, but Fitzroy Tilling, now part of the new Metropolitan Police Force, has thrown him a lifeline. He wants Pyke to investigate the brutal murder of a young woman"--Page 4 of cover.
Notes: On outside front cover: A Pyke mystery.

Includes bibliographical references.

Bklst 12/15/2009

PW 11/09/2009