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Barry Awards Best First Novel (nominee)
'Irresistible' Guardian
'Impressive' Daily Mail
'Captivating' Mick Herron
Nominated for the 2018 Best First Novel, Barry Award
London 1909
Captain Kell of the War Office knows the Empire is under threat - from Russia and Germany, from terrorists and anarchists, spies and infiltrators.
But he can't prove it to his superiors. He needs an agent he can trust, someone who knows the street, not the playing fields of Eton.
Kell needs Wiggins. Trained as a child by Kell's old friend Sherlock Holmes, who used to call his little band of urchins the Baker Street Irregulars, Wiggins is now an ex soldier with an expert line in deduction and the cunning of a bare-knuckle fighter.
But he has no wish to be recruited - until he sees a route to taking his sworn revenge on the killer of his best friend.
Genre: Historical Mystery
'Impressive' Daily Mail
'Captivating' Mick Herron
Nominated for the 2018 Best First Novel, Barry Award
London 1909
Captain Kell of the War Office knows the Empire is under threat - from Russia and Germany, from terrorists and anarchists, spies and infiltrators.
But he can't prove it to his superiors. He needs an agent he can trust, someone who knows the street, not the playing fields of Eton.
Kell needs Wiggins. Trained as a child by Kell's old friend Sherlock Holmes, who used to call his little band of urchins the Baker Street Irregulars, Wiggins is now an ex soldier with an expert line in deduction and the cunning of a bare-knuckle fighter.
But he has no wish to be recruited - until he sees a route to taking his sworn revenge on the killer of his best friend.
Genre: Historical Mystery
Praise for this book
"A thrilling story of espionage, murder and the creation of the Secret Service." - Charles Cumming
"H.B. Lyle has found the golden thread between Bond and Holmes in a thriller which engages on every page." - Giles Foden
"A fine first entry in what promises to be a great new series. Wiggins is a captivating hero, and Lyle draws his Edwardian backstreets in convincing color. The game is most definitely afoot." - Mick Herron
"H.B. Lyle has found the golden thread between Bond and Holmes in a thriller which engages on every page." - Giles Foden
"A fine first entry in what promises to be a great new series. Wiggins is a captivating hero, and Lyle draws his Edwardian backstreets in convincing color. The game is most definitely afoot." - Mick Herron
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