Lethal Pursuit: A Barker & Llewelyn Novel
Nov 2019 · A Barker & Llewelyn Novel Book 11 · Minotaur Books
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"The true star power comes from its compatibly mismatched leads. Joy to those who discover Mr. Thomas’s latest novel this holiday season." —The Wall Street Journal
London, 1892—Cyrus Barker is brought into a game of international espionage by the Prime Minister himself in the newest mystery in Will Thomas's beloved series.
Private enquiry agents Cyrus Barker and Thomas Llewelyn receive in the mail an unexplained key stamped with the letter Q. Barker, recognizing it for what it is, uses the key to unlock an anonymous door in the alleyway, which opens to an underground tunnel leading to Downing Street.
The Prime Minister has a small task for Cyrus Barker. A Foreign Office agent stole a satchel in Eastern Europe, but was then himself murdered at Charing Cross. The satchel contains a document desperately wanted by the German government, but while the agent was killed, the satchel remains in English hands. With a cold war brewing between England and Germany, it's in England's interest to return the document contained in the satchel to its original owners and keep it out of German hands.
The document is an unnamed first century gospel; the original owner is the Vatican. And the German government isn't the only group trying to get possession of it. With secret societies, government assassins, political groups, and shadowy figures of all sorts doing everything they can—attacks, murders, counter-attacks, and even massive street battles—to acquire the satchel and its contents, this small task might be beyond even the prodigious talents of Cyrus Barker.
London, 1892—Cyrus Barker is brought into a game of international espionage by the Prime Minister himself in the newest mystery in Will Thomas's beloved series.
Private enquiry agents Cyrus Barker and Thomas Llewelyn receive in the mail an unexplained key stamped with the letter Q. Barker, recognizing it for what it is, uses the key to unlock an anonymous door in the alleyway, which opens to an underground tunnel leading to Downing Street.
The Prime Minister has a small task for Cyrus Barker. A Foreign Office agent stole a satchel in Eastern Europe, but was then himself murdered at Charing Cross. The satchel contains a document desperately wanted by the German government, but while the agent was killed, the satchel remains in English hands. With a cold war brewing between England and Germany, it's in England's interest to return the document contained in the satchel to its original owners and keep it out of German hands.
The document is an unnamed first century gospel; the original owner is the Vatican. And the German government isn't the only group trying to get possession of it. With secret societies, government assassins, political groups, and shadowy figures of all sorts doing everything they can—attacks, murders, counter-attacks, and even massive street battles—to acquire the satchel and its contents, this small task might be beyond even the prodigious talents of Cyrus Barker.
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I received a free electronic copy of this British PI novel from Netgalley, Will Thomas, and Minotaur Books. Thank you all for sharing your hard work with me. I have read this novel of my own volition, and this review reflects my honest opinion of this work. I am more than pleased to recommend Lethal Pursuit to friends and family. It is a historical British spy and PI tale to keep you guessing. Will Thomas is a spymaster to keep you coming back for more. Lethal Pursuit is the 11th novel written by Thomas that showcases curmudgeon Cyrus Barker & newlywedded Thomas Llewelyn. Our story begins on the tenth of January, 1892, in the London high streets. Within ten or fifteen pages and 50 feet of the offices of Barker & Llewelyn, we have experienced the death of 34-year-old British spy Hillary Drummond, (though he had cached the secret artifact in his keeping at the Charing Cross Station), and another ten or twelve pages bring our protagonists B & L into the picture, they discover a hidden passage leading directly to the office of the Prime Minister, and they are assigned a case for the government - to transfer said unnamed artifact into the hands of the Catholic Church in Calais. The historical picture of London, the travel experiences, the clothing, the politics are all true to history, and the energy level stays high. The Back-and-forth between Barker and Llewelyn reminds me fondly of that between Nero Wolfe and Archie.
Colleen Chrien
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November 24, 2019
Great characters!
About the author
WILL THOMAS is the author of the critically acclaimed Cyrus Barker and Thomas Llewelyn series, including Some Danger Involved, Fatal Enquiry, Old Scores, and Blood Is Blood. He lives in Oklahoma.
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