Churchyard and Hawke / E.V. Thompson.

By:

Thompson, E. V. (Ernest Victor), 1931-2012 [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Leicester : Thorpe, 2014.Description: 322 pages ; 24 cmISBN:

9781444821345
1444821342

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DDC classification:

823.914 23

Summary: After suffering a serious beating whilst engaged in unofficial undercover work in the murky streets and taverns of London's 19th-century slums, Constable Tom Churchyard takes himself to Cornwall. Here, in spite of his injuries, he becomes right-hand man to Amos Hawke, now a senior Cornish policeman. His knowledge of the London rogues proves invaluable as Amos seeks to foil a gang of city thieves whose plan is to plunder the mansions of the Cornish gentry. When a brutal murder is committed during their investigations, it proves far more complex than it appeared at first glance...

List(s) this item appears in: Cornwall UK

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Large Print	Stratford Large Print	Large Print	THO (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		A00735688

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Originally published: London: Robert Hale, 2009.

After suffering a serious beating whilst engaged in unofficial undercover work in the murky streets and taverns of London's 19th-century slums, Constable Tom Churchyard takes himself to Cornwall. Here, in spite of his injuries, he becomes right-hand man to Amos Hawke, now a senior Cornish policeman. His knowledge of the London rogues proves invaluable as Amos seeks to foil a gang of city thieves whose plan is to plunder the mansions of the Cornish gentry. When a brutal murder is committed during their investigations, it proves far more complex than it appeared at first glance...

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