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The Year of the Gun Lyle, H.B. Very Good
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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9781473655539
- Book Title
- Year of the Gun
- Publisher
- Quercus
- Item Length
- 9.5 in
- Publication Year
- 2020
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.9 in
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- Mystery & Detective / Historical, Mystery & Detective / Amateur Sleuth
- Item Weight
- 15.9 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.4 in
- Number of Pages
- 320 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Quercus
ISBN-10
1473655536
ISBN-13
9781473655539
eBay Product ID (ePID)
26038379457
Product Key Features
Book Title
Year of the Gun
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Mystery & Detective / Historical, Mystery & Detective / Amateur Sleuth
Publication Year
2020
Genre
Fiction
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
15.9 Oz
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Width
6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
Praise for The Irregular: A Different Class of Spy - :A thrilling story of espionage, murder and the creation of the Secret Service A flavoursome smorgasbord that features not only Holmes but also Winston Churchill, this is irresistible stuff A fine first entry in what promises to be a great new series . Wiggins is a captivating hero, and Lyle draws his Edwardian backstreets in convincing colour. The game is most definitely afoot. A good deal of excitement and some enjoyable riffing on both the history of espionage and the Conan Doyle canon, with cameos of everybody from Winston Churchill to Mr Holmes himself... the book is a treat - Sunday Express Impressive p eriod detail and sharp dialogue add charm to the strong plot - Daily MailH.B. Lyle has found the golden thread between Bond and Holmes in a thriller which engages on every page, "A fine first entry in what promises to be a great new series. Wiggins is a captivating hero, and Lyle draws his Edwardian backstreets in convincing color. The game is most definitely afoot."-- Mick Herron, author of Slow Horses, Praise for The Year of the Gun : "A bruising, gritty and very entertaining adventure amid the slums and salons of 1912 Dublin, a city about to explode."-- Ed O'Loughlin, author of Minds of Winter, Praise for The Year of the Gun : "A bruising, gritty and very entertaining adventure amid the slums and salons of 1912 Dublin, a city about to explode." -- Ed O'Loughlin, author of Minds of Winter, Praise for The Irregular: A Different Class of Spy "A thrilling story of espionage, murder, and the creation of the Secret Service"-- Charles Cumming, author of A Colder War, "A flavorsome smorgasbord that features not only Holmes but also Winston Churchill, this is irresistible stuff"-- Barry Forshaw, Guardian, " The Year of the Gun is the third outing in H.B. Lyle's engaging series of historical thrillers featuring Wiggins, a former street urchin and runner for Sherlock Holmes, turned agent and all-around tough guy for Britain's nascent secret service...Lyle's great strength is in his depiction of time and place; from its stinking tenements, where babies cry from hunger, to its sinister docks and upmarket brothels, the Edwardian city - then still part of Britain - is brought to life in all its squalid, magnificent glory." -- Financial Times, "Lyle's series of thrillers featuring Wiggins, once one of Sherlock Holmes's Baker Street Irregulars, are coming on splendidly...Skillfully mixing real history with action sequences worthy of Lee Child, this is historical crime-writing at its best." -- Mail on Sunday
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
823.92
Synopsis
The follow-up to the acclaimed The Red Ribbon and the third book in 'a great new series' (Mick Herron, author of Spook Street ) 1912. Released from the Secret Service, Wiggins sets out for New York and his lost-lover Bela. But after an altercation on board, he finds himself among the low-life of Britain's poorest city, Dublin. Wiggins falls in with gangster Patrick O'Connell and is soon driving the boss's girlfriend around town. Molly wants O'Connell to support her Irish nationalist cause--a cause needing guns to defeat the British--and then they go to find them in America. Finally, Wiggins can solve the mystery of Bela--and meet his old mentor, Sherlock Holmes in a story of escalating intrigue, danger, and violence., 'Skilfully mixing real history with action sequences worthy of Lee Child, this is historical crime-writing at its best.' - John Williams, the Mail on Sunday .1912. Released from the Secret Service, Wiggins sets out for New York and his lost lover Bela. But after an altercation on board, he finds himself among the low-life of Britain's poorest city, Dublin.Wiggins falls in with gangster Patrick O'Connell and is soon driving the boss's girlfriend around town. Molly wants O'Connell to support her Irish nationalist cause - a cause needing guns to defeat the British - and then they go to find them in America.Finally, Wiggins can solve the mystery of Bela - and meet his old mentor, Sherlock Holmes in a story of escalating intrigue, danger and violence.
LC Classification Number
PR6112.Y44
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