A Victorian mystery.
Murder. Vice. Pollution. Delays on the Tube. Some things never change…
London, 1859. Novice detective, Campbell Lawless, stumbles onto the trail of Berwick Skelton, an elusive revolutionary, seemingly determined to bring London to its knees through a series of devilish acts of terrorism.
But cast into a lethal, intoxicating world of music hall hoofers, industrial sabotage and royal scandal, will Lawless survive long enough to capture this underworld nemesis, before he unleashes his final vengeance on a society he wants wiped from the face of the Earth?
Lawless & The Devil of Euston Square is the first of a series of Victorian thrillers featuring London policeman, Campbell Lawless on his rise through the ranks and his initiation as a spy.
“Before Holmes, there was Lawless…Before Lawless, the London streets weren’t safe to walk…”
Praise:
“A thoroughly enjoyable tale of terrorist agents at work in Victorian London.” - Scottish Review of Books
“William Sutton’s first novel is fine, extravagant and thoroughly enjoyable… The action moves with dizzying speed from the highest quarters in the land to the vilest slums and low dives of the teeming city. …Thoroughly enjoyable. We are told that William Sutton is now at work on another Campbell Lawless mystery. If he can maintain this standard of invention, this mastery of linguistic tone, he is on to a winner.” - Allan Massie, The Scotsman
“First-rate Victorian crime fiction.” - The Herald
“Engaging, smart and witty – a highly alternative take on Victorian crime. Long live Lawless!” - Paul Johnson
“A thoroughly enjoyable tale.” - Scottish Review of Books
“Prose and interweaving plots built like wrought-iron Victorian follies … Genuinely funny.” – Scotland on Sunday
“Where the book really shines is in its evocation of Victorian London: a living, breathing, stinking beast of a city.” - The Bookbag
Book Info:
UK Print
Date: 1st August 2013
ISBN: 9781909223240
Format: Medium (B-Format) Paperback
R.R.P.: £8.99
US/CAN Print
Date: 30th July 2013
ISBN: 9781909223257
Format: Small (Mass-Market) Paperback
R.R.P.: US$7.99 / CAN$9.99
Ebook
Date: 30th July 2013
ISBN: 9781909223264
Format: Epub & Mobi
R.R.P.: £5.49 / $6.99
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