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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... desk, his face buried in the Police Gazette. He took my name and asked me to be seated, as if the request were a complaint. I had never been in the offices of a “prominent enquiry agent” before, but the room looked much like several ...
... desk, his face buried in the Police Gazette. He took my name and asked me to be seated, as if the request were a complaint. I had never been in the offices of a “prominent enquiry agent” before, but the room looked much like several ...
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... desk with the fatalism of French noblemen going to the guillotine. Some were ejected immediately, indignant at being ... desk announced, consulting his list. It was my turn in the lion's den. I wiped my hands on my trousers, swallowed ...
... desk with the fatalism of French noblemen going to the guillotine. Some were ejected immediately, indignant at being ... desk announced, consulting his list. It was my turn in the lion's den. I wiped my hands on my trousers, swallowed ...
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... desk again and, turning his chair away from me, he sat. That was it. I was dismissed. At least his eyes hadn't popped, or perhaps they had. I couldn't see them. I gathered the papers, which he had tossed on the desk, thinking the Thames ...
... desk again and, turning his chair away from me, he sat. That was it. I was dismissed. At least his eyes hadn't popped, or perhaps they had. I couldn't see them. I gathered the papers, which he had tossed on the desk, thinking the Thames ...
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... desk drawer and slid a small notebook and pencil toward me. “Take a letter, Mr. Llewelyn: Cyrus Barker 7 Craig's Court Whitehall, London 13 March 1884 Mr. Wilhelm Koehler The Albany Dear Mr. Koehler: Have received your letter of the ...
... desk drawer and slid a small notebook and pencil toward me. “Take a letter, Mr. Llewelyn: Cyrus Barker 7 Craig's Court Whitehall, London 13 March 1884 Mr. Wilhelm Koehler The Albany Dear Mr. Koehler: Have received your letter of the ...
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... desk. I noted that it was exactly half an inch from the front edge and the same distance from the side. Coupled with his scrupulously neat appearance, his fastidiousness made me think that he would make someone a most exacting employer ...
... desk. I noted that it was exactly half an inch from the front edge and the same distance from the side. Coupled with his scrupulously neat appearance, his fastidiousness made me think that he would make someone a most exacting employer ...
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Aldgate Anti-Semite Anti-Semite League Barker asked beard began believe Brick Lane called chair church clothing coat coffee constable couldn’t course Cyrus Barker desk didn’t door Dummolard Elephant and Castle employer enquiry agent eyes face fellow felt front garden gave gentlemen golem hair hand he’d He’s head heard hour I’ve inside Ira Moskowitz Israel Zangwill Jewish Jews knew lamp London looked Lord Rothschild Louis Pokrzywa Maccabee man’s meal Mocatta morning never night Nightwine noticed opened Oxford Prison Perhaps Petticoat Lane pipe pocket pogrom Poole pulled rabbi Racket rope Rushford Scotland Yard seemed Shabbat shoulder side Sir Moses sitting smile someone speak spoke stepped stood stopped street tell Thank There’s thing Thomas Llewelyn thought told took trying turned walked wall watched Whitechapel wondered word you’re Zangwill
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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.