Kill-Devil And Water - Andrew Pepper

Jack Bauer in 19th century London (553 words)
by darren55 - written on 05/01/11, updated on 05/01/11 (Very useful, 56 readings)
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Kill Devil and Water is the third novel by Andrew Pepper featuring the dubious character Pyke and indeed the books are called the Pyke mysteries. All are set in and around the middle of the 19th century and feature a former Bow street runner called Pyke, Pyke is strong willed, aggressive and sure of his moral correctness of his actions. In many ways he resembles a 19th century Jack Bauer, going around solving crimes by any means necessary without too much worry about consequences and correctness. Kill Devil and Water This novel continues on from the Captain Payne book in which Pyke at the end is put into prison for failure to pay his debts, he has also lost his wife 5 ...