Tony Rattigan

Snake Eyes (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Book six of The Londum Series, set in an Alternate Victorian England, called Albion.

In between rescuing a young girl from child slavery and saving a street full of tenants from an unscrupulous landlord, Jim Darby is planning one of the biggest heists of his career, when an old flame re-enters his life.

Racine Deveaux seeks Jim's help to bring down her travelling companion, Vincent Lassiter. Reluctant at first to help, Jim is finally persuaded to involve Lassiter in a scam to force him into a position where Racine can be revenged upon him. Seems simple, doesn't it?

However, Jim has to contend with Lassiter's man, Bolan, an ex-street fighter, who may be more than a match for Jim. Also there's a new addition to Jim's list of annoyances, Inspector Herbert Corner of Caledonia Yard, who seems intent on finding out Jim's secrets.

Oh well, it's just another day at the office for Jim.

Including Bonus Story A Londum Yuletide
From an Alternate Victorian England called Albion, three spooky, short stories set during the Yuletide season, woven together into one narrative, A Londum Yuletide, to prove that 'There are more things in Heaven and Earth, than are dreamt of in your philosophy, Horatio Hornblower!'

Pub Talk
While working on a case in the snowy village of Strapley-on-the-Wold during the Yuletide season, Rufus Cobb, private detective, has a casual conversation with a stranger in the village pub, the outcome of which may have dire consequences for the whole world.

What would you say to a disillusioned Father Yule (the man who delivers toys to all the children) who is about to quit his job?

Trial by Gravity
Jim Darby, gentleman thief, is making his escape from a successful robbery, over a snowy rooftop when disaster strikes, leaving him dangling over a four-storey drop. Luckily, someone comes along who could rescue him; the only trouble is ... Jim has to convince him first, why he should.

Unfinished Business
Thornton Wells is visited by one of his trusted Secret Service contacts. A dangerous, foreign agent is about to leave the country with vital information, they must apprehend him immediately, without waiting for backup. The two of them set off at once, there is no time to lose, but is there more to this than meets the eye?

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Distributed via Smashwords
• Seitenzahl: 222
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. November 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781466160781
• Artikelnr.: 45462228

Autorenporträt

After 22 years in the Royal Air Force, 5 years in the National Health Service and 10 years at one of the UK's largest charities, Tony decided he'd done enough for Queen and Country and he was about due some 'me' time.
Consequently he took early retirement in 2010 to work on his writing. He lives in Oxfordshire UK with his Albatross and a pet monkey. (No, not really. That's just a vain attempt to sound interesting.)
Rufus Cobb, Adele Curran and Jim Darby are the lead characters in a series of books The Londum Series - written by Tony Rattigan. Set in an alternate Victorian Era, they recount the adventures of Rufus Cobb a private detective, his lady friend Adele Curran (who just happens to be a witch) and Jim Darby who is a jewel-thief and conman ... but whose crimes strangely only seem to benefit the poor. Cobb and his friends live in the city of Londum, in the country of Albion, the centre of the British Empire.