Spy Hunter: Shortlisted for the inaugural SpyMasters Book Prize 2025: The Irregular
Autor H.B. Lyleen Limba Engleză Hardback – 23 noi 2023
"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 on The Year of the Gun
Secret Service Agent Wiggins returns for a brand new adventure – and meets with his old mentor, Sherlock Holmes in a story of escalating intrigue, danger and violence.
'Engaging series of historical thrillers... The story rattles along at pace, the characters are engaging and the fight scenes burst with action. But 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
'Full throttle ... delivering entertainment in spades' Myles McWeeney, Irish Independent
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 1399702610
Pagini: 320
Dimensiuni: 162 x 236 x 32 mm
Greutate: 0.5 kg
Editura: Hodder & Stoughton
Colecția Hodder & Stoughton
Seria The Irregular
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Descriere
'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 on The Year of the Gun
1914. Sherlock Holmes has been murdered. Nobody knows who did it, but Wiggins, former Baker Street Irregular and Holmes' protégée, suspects a German spy.
However, Europe is descending into the chaos of the First World War. Captain Kell of Military Intelligence has limited resources, and more pressing matters on his mind.
Wiggins is on his own. Almost. He pursues Holmes' killer across the continent, but as grief and rage close in it's not just the killer that eludes his grasp . . .
'Engaging series of historical thrillers... The story rattles along at pace, the characters are engaging and the fight scenes burst with action. But 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
'Impressive period detail and sharp dialogue add charm to the strong plot' Daily Mail (on The Irregular)
'Full throttle ... delivering entertainment in spades' Myles McWeeney, Irish Independent
Recenzii
Engaging series of historical thrillers . . The story rattles along at pace, the characters are engaging and the fight scenes burst with action. But 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
Impressive period detail and sharp dialogue add charm to the strong plot
Full throttle . . . delivering entertainment in spades
A fast-moving thriller
. . . what HB Lyle has done . . . is nothing short of inspirational. There are echoes of John Buchan in these books, and enough hard-core spy stuff to keep aficionados happy. The story ends with a promise there could be more adventures with Wiggins should the author choose to record them. We can but hope.
Thoroughly entertaining
Cracking pace, tension, twists and humour. It mixes a hot plot and historical events with real and fictional characters
Lyle truly captures the spirit of Conan Doyle in these playful, gripping yarns
ripping fun for fans
Notă biografică
H.B. Lyle lives in South London with his partner and their twin daughters. After a career in
feature film development, he took an MA in creative writing, followed by a PhD, at the University of
East Anglia, an experience which led to the creation of The Irregular. He also writes screenplays
and teaches undergraduates.