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The Black Hand

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by Will Thomas
Antony Ferguson
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When an Italian assassin's body is found floating in a barrel in Victorian London's East End, enquiry agent Cyrus Barker and his assistant Thomas Llewelyn are called in to investigate. Soon corpses begin to appear all over London, each accompanied by a Mafia Black Hand note. As Barker and Llewelyn dig deeper, they become entangled in the vendettas of rival Italian syndicates—and it is no longer clear who is a friend or foe.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Barker & Llewelyn

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    April 11, 2017

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781515993834
      • File size: 224244 KB
      • Duration: 07:47:10

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      The notorious Black Hand, an early version of Sicilian organized crime, is spreading throughout the wharves and warehouses of 1880s London, and the authorities can do nothing. But fear not. Scottish-born ace enquiry agent Cyrus Barker and his Welsh assistant, Thomas Llewelyn, are on the case. With a good mix of English reserve and theatrical bravado, narrator Antony Ferguson takes on a plethora of Scottish, Welsh, English, French, American, and, especially, Italian accents to tell this energetic story, which includes the detectives having to convince Cockney Londoners to cooperate with Irish laborers. This novel is the fifth in the series but can stand alone. One hears a little extra pathos when Llewelyn discovers some clues to his mentor's closely guarded personal history. B.P. © AudioFile 2017, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      May 26, 2008
      In Thomas's lively fifth Victorian historical to feature “enquiry agents” Cyrus “Guv” Barker and Thomas Llewelyn (after 2007's The Hellfire Conspiracy
      ), Barker and Llewelyn investigate Sicilian immigrants, led by mob boss Victor Gigliotti, who are trying to gain control of London's lucrative dock trade. Rumors abound that underworld chief Marco Faldo is in town after several throats are slit, each body accompanied by a threatening note. Barker seeks help from a local Chinese gang and other colorful hooligans eager for both action and profit. A diverting trip to the south of England takes the pair to the estate of Barker's secret girlfriend, Philippa Ashleigh, who reveals startling if incongruous truths about Barker's swashbuckling past. Following this respite by the sea, the valiant sleuths steel themselves for a final, if slightly anticlimactic, battle to save London's waterfront.

Formats

  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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Languages

  • English

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