Some Danger Involved: A NovelSimon and Schuster, 2004 M06 3 - 304 pages 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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... eye when he glances through your references and comes across the words “Oxford Prison.” It's not a happy look, but an interesting one: first the eyes pop open with astonishment; then the brows knit together in a solid scowl; finally one ...
... eye when he glances through your references and comes across the words “Oxford Prison.” It's not a happy look, but an interesting one: first the eyes pop open with astonishment; then the brows knit together in a solid scowl; finally one ...
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... eye popping before it begins to pall. There was a high brick wall beside us, and unlike the other applicants, I took the opportunity to shelter myself from the cold March wind. Somewhere on the other side, I heard a sound, the soft ...
... eye popping before it begins to pall. There was a high brick wall beside us, and unlike the other applicants, I took the opportunity to shelter myself from the cold March wind. Somewhere on the other side, I heard a sound, the soft ...
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... eye popping. Here it goes, I thought. I shall be out in the dustbin with my suitcase in ten seconds. “Thomas ... eyes hadn't popped, or perhaps they had. I couldn't see them. I gathered the papers, which he had tossed on the desk ...
... eye popping. Here it goes, I thought. I shall be out in the dustbin with my suitcase in ten seconds. “Thomas ... eyes hadn't popped, or perhaps they had. I couldn't see them. I gathered the papers, which he had tossed on the desk ...
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... eyes. We entered a long, low-ceilinged room full of people eating and talking. The room was dark and smoky, and full of a strange aroma. My stomach recognized food when it was close; it constricted to the size of a cricket ball. I won't ...
... eyes. We entered a long, low-ceilinged room full of people eating and talking. The room was dark and smoky, and full of a strange aroma. My stomach recognized food when it was close; it constricted to the size of a cricket ball. I won't ...
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... eyes from the sun overhead. “I'm sorry, I have no money to pay you!” I 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 ...
... eyes from the sun overhead. “I'm sorry, I have no money to pay you!” I 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 ...
Contents
Section 24 | 163 |
Section 25 | 170 |
Section 26 | 171 |
Section 27 | 178 |
Section 28 | 183 |
Section 29 | 189 |
Section 30 | 199 |
Section 31 | 212 |
Section 9 | 44 |
Section 10 | 60 |
Section 11 | 71 |
Section 12 | 80 |
Section 13 | 88 |
Section 14 | 89 |
Section 15 | 96 |
Section 16 | 109 |
Section 17 | 110 |
Section 18 | 119 |
Section 19 | 128 |
Section 20 | 129 |
Section 21 | 139 |
Section 22 | 148 |
Section 23 | 155 |
Section 32 | 223 |
Section 33 | 224 |
Section 34 | 230 |
Section 35 | 240 |
Section 36 | 241 |
Section 37 | 252 |
Section 38 | 253 |
Section 39 | 260 |
Section 40 | 261 |
Section 41 | 268 |
Section 42 | 280 |
Section 43 | 289 |
Section 44 | 290 |
Section 45 | 291 |
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Popular passages
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Page 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.
Page 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.