Kill-Devil And Water by Andrew Pepper
Pyke returns in a gripping tale of brutal murder and deception, set in the back streets of Victorian London and the cane fields of Jamaica.
'The novel drips with all the atmospheric detail of a pre-Victorian murder mystery "pea-soupers", dingy lanterns and laudanum' - THE TIMES'In its urgency and rawness.. KILL-DEVIL AND WATER goes further than simply clever and diverting literary appropriation' - TLS'Pyke is violent, vengeful and conflicted in the best tradition of detectives. His story takes in grisly murder and torture, and uses 1800s London in the same way that hard-boiled fiction uses Los Angeles as a mirror of a corrupt society' - TIME OUT
Andrew Pepper is a lecturer in American Writing and Contemporary Crime Fiction at Queen's University, Belfast. His first novel, THE LAST DAYS OF NEWGATE, was shortlisted for the CWA NEW BLOOD AWARD. He lives in Belfast with his partner and children.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780753825976 |
| ISBN 10 | 075382597X |
| Title | Kill-Devil And Water |
| Author | Andrew Pepper |
| Series | Pyke Mystery |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Orion Publishing Co |
| Year published | 2009-08-20 |
| Number of pages | 400 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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