Some Danger Involved: A NovelSimon and Schuster, 2004 M06 3 - 304 páginas An atmospheric debut novel set on the gritty streets of Victorian London, Some Danger Involved introduces detective Cyrus Barker and his assistant, Thomas Llewelyn, as they work to solve the gruesome murder of a young scholar in London's Jewish ghetto. When the eccentric and enigmatic Cyrus Barker takes on the recent murder case of a young scholar in London's Jewish ghetto, he realizes that he must hire an assistant, and out of all who answer an ad for a position with "some danger involved," he chooses downtrodden Llewelyn, a gutsy young man with a murky past. As they inch ever closer to the shocking truth behind the murder, Llewelyn is drawn deeper and deeper into Barker's peculiar world of vigilante detective work, as well as the heart of London's teeming underworld. Brimming with wit and unforgettable characters and steeped in authentic period detail, Some Danger Involved is a captivating page-turner that introduces an equally captivating duo. |
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... called, over the jingling of the harness and the nickering of the horse. “Perhaps not,” the cabman answered back, “but I bet you know some magic words that'll make this magic carpet fly.” “Barker sent me?” “A regular Ali Baba, you are ...
... called, over the jingling of the harness and the nickering of the horse. “Perhaps not,” the cabman answered back, “but I bet you know some magic words that'll make this magic carpet fly.” “Barker sent me?” “A regular Ali Baba, you are ...
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... called over my head. “Thought I smelt coal!” “Are you Barker's personal cabman?” I asked. “Don't I wish! No, us dogs go for whatever scraps old 'PushComes-To-Shove' throws our way. Best tipper in London, he is.” The first address was in ...
... called over my head. “Thought I smelt coal!” “Are you Barker's personal cabman?” I asked. “Don't I wish! No, us dogs go for whatever scraps old 'PushComes-To-Shove' throws our way. Best tipper in London, he is.” The first address was in ...
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... called 'green gunpowder tea.' The leaves, he informed me, were not minced, but rolled into tiny pellets. At last I reached the final place on the list, Barker's private residence. By now it was near six and growing dark, and I was ...
... called 'green gunpowder tea.' The leaves, he informed me, were not minced, but rolled into tiny pellets. At last I reached the final place on the list, Barker's private residence. By now it was near six and growing dark, and I was ...
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... called Methods of Observation and Ratiocination, followed by Implied Logic in Everyday Life, Understanding the Asiatic Mind, and Folk Tales of Old Edo. It was an instructional cramming course. I settled on. z. the Japanese tales, which ...
... called Methods of Observation and Ratiocination, followed by Implied Logic in Everyday Life, Understanding the Asiatic Mind, and Folk Tales of Old Edo. It was an instructional cramming course. I settled on. z. the Japanese tales, which ...
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... called me up to his eyrie after supper. He was standing in one of the gables, looking out over his garden. “Fog's coming up,” he noted. “Are you prepared for our little chat?” “I am, sir.” z. Oral examinations were the dread of most ...
... called me up to his eyrie after supper. He was standing in one of the gables, looking out over his garden. “Fog's coming up,” he noted. “Are you prepared for our little chat?” “I am, sir.” z. Oral examinations were the dread of most ...
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Página 40 - I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
Página 233 - And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
Página 38 - For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, And as a root out of a dry ground. He hath no form nor comeliness; And when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.