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Kill-devil and water : [a Pyke mystery]

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  • "London: 1840. A murderer is prowling the backstreets and taverns of the capital. Pyke is in the debtor's prison but Fitzroy Tilling, head of the new Metropolitan Police Force, wants him to investigate the brutal death of a young mulatto woman, recently arrived from Jamaica and apparently working as a prostitute. Tilling's police force are concentrating all their resources on the suspicious death of an influential aristocrat, so Pyke must work alone. His investigation takes him from London docks to the sugar plantations of Jamaica, in a struggle against a ruthless enemy, as well as demons of his own."
  • ""Pyke, still grieving over the death of his wife, is in debtors' prison, but Fitzroy Tilling, now part of the new Metropolitan Police Force, has thrown him a lifeline. He wants Pyke to investigate the brutal murder of a young woman"--Page 4 of cover."
  • "In London of 1840, the economy is sliding into recession; gangs of unemployed workers roam the streets; and a murderer prowls the capital's poor neighborhoods. Pyke, still grieving over the death of his wife and struggling to shoulder his responsibilities as a father, is in debtors' prison, having lost his home and reached the edge of bankruptcy. Fitzroy Tilling, now head of the new Metropolitan Police Force gives Pyke his freedom, but in return he must agree to investigate the brutal death of a young biracial woman, who was apparently working as a prostitute. It is not long before another woman turns up dead, and Pyke begins to suspect that he has stumbled on something more sinister, and more far-reaching than the murder of a couple of prostitutes. Pyke's investigation takes him from the London docks to the sugar plantations of Jamaica, from a fading colonial mansion to the backstreets of the East End in a struggle against ambitious and ruthless enemies, as well as demons of his own."

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  • "Large type books"
  • "Mystery fiction"
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Detective and mystery stories"
  • "Mystery"
  • "History"
  • "Historical fiction"
  • "Historical mystery novels"

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  • "Kill-devil and water : [a Pyke mystery]"@en
  • "Kill-devil and Water"@en
  • "Kill devil and water"
  • "Kill-devil and water"
  • "Kill-Devil and water"

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