Old Scores

"Wonderful...Thomas balances his rich historical context with a contemporary feel...nothing dull or fussy in this book." -Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

In 1890, the first Japanese diplomatic delegation arrives in London to open an embassy. Cyrus Barker, private enquiry agent and occasional agent for the Foreign Service Office, is enlisted to display his personal Japanese garden to the visiting dignitaries.

Later that night, Ambassador Toda is shot and killed in his office and Cyrus Barker is discovered across the street, watching the very same office, in possession of a revolver with one spent cartridge.

Arrested by the Special Branch for the crime, Barker is vigorously interrogated and finally released due to the intervention of his assistant, Thomas Llewelyn, and his solicitor. With the London constabulary still convinced of his guilt, Barker is hired by the new Japanese ambassador to find the real murderer.

In a case that takes leads Barker and Llewelyn deep into parts of London's underworld, on paths that lead deep into Barker's own mysterious personal history, Old Scores is the finest yet in Will Thomas's critically acclaimed series.

About the author

WILL THOMAS is the author of the Cyrus Barker and Thomas Llewelyn series, including The Black Hand, The Hellfire Conspiracy, The Limehouse Text, To Kingdom Come, and the Shamus and Barry award-nominated Some Danger Involved. He lives with his family in Oklahoma.

Product details

• Authors: Will Thomas
• Publisher: St. Martins Press-3pl
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2018
• EAN: 9781250197962
• ISBN: 978-1-250-19796-2
• No. of pages: 322
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 210 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 443 g
• Series: Barker & Llewelyn Novel; Barker & Llewelyn Novel; A Barker & Llewelyn Novel
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Historical, Historische Kriminalromane und Mystery, Kriminalromane und Mystery: Privatdetektiv / Amateurdetektive, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Traditional, Fiction - Mystery / Detective, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Private Investigators