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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Page 1
... without hesitation that he is one of the most noble men I have ever known. He is also the most exasperating fellow in the world to work for, but he is a detective, not a saint. z. Barker took me in off the streets in March of 1 Prologue ...
... without hesitation that he is one of the most noble men I have ever known. He is also the most exasperating fellow in the world to work for, but he is a detective, not a saint. z. Barker took me in off the streets in March of 1 Prologue ...
Page 2
... took me into the very bowels of London and introduced me to people and places I would never have met otherwise. It also very nearly killed me. If I could change any aspect of work as an enquiry agent, it would be the danger, but then ...
... took me into the very bowels of London and introduced me to people and places I would never have met otherwise. It also very nearly killed me. If I could change any aspect of work as an enquiry agent, it would be the danger, but then ...
Page 5
... took the opportunity to shelter myself from the cold March wind. Somewhere on the other side, I heard a sound, the soft, rhythmic slap of rubber on brick. Someone was practicing tennis, or a child was playing ball. I thought it bitterly ...
... took the opportunity to shelter myself from the cold March wind. Somewhere on the other side, I heard a sound, the soft, rhythmic slap of rubber on brick. Someone was practicing tennis, or a child was playing ball. I thought it bitterly ...
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... took offense anyway. I am not tall (the fellow was a head taller than I), and I do have the black hair and swarthy skin of my once great race, the true Celts of Britain, but I didn't care for the way he phrased it. I could see only too ...
... took offense anyway. I am not tall (the fellow was a head taller than I), and I do have the black hair and swarthy skin of my once great race, the true Celts of Britain, but I didn't care for the way he phrased it. I could see only too ...
Page 9
... took an envelope from the drawer and placed it beside the machine. I pulled the freshly typed letter from the roller, returned the machine to its former place on the floor, and reached for the inkstand. He was testing my penmanship as ...
... took an envelope from the drawer and placed it beside the machine. I pulled the freshly typed letter from the roller, returned the machine to its former place on the floor, and reached for the inkstand. He was testing my penmanship as ...
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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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
Popular passages
Page 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.
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.