Book Detective

In The Limehouse Text, Barker and Llewelyn discover a pawn ticket among the effects of Barker's late assistant, leading them to London's Chinese district, Limehouse. There they retrieve an innocent-looking book that proves to be a rare and secret text stolen from a Nanking monastery, containing lethal martial arts techniques forbidden to the West. With the political situation between the British Empire and Imperial China already unstable, the duo must not only track down a killer intent upon gaining the secret knowledge but also safeguard the text from a snarl of suspects with conflicting interests.

Prowling through an underworld of opium dens, back-room blood sports, and sailors' penny hangs while avoiding the wrath of the district's powerful warlord, Mr. K'ing, Barker and Llewelyn take readers on a perilous tour through the mean streets of turn-of-the-century London.

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This book is part of the "Barker & Llewelyn" series.
Here are some other books from this series:

Some Danger Involved First published 2004 Rank: , Original Star Rating: , Adjustred Star Rating: , Pop Rating:2.4/10

The Hellfire Conspiracy Rank: , Original Star Rating: , Adjustred Star Rating: , Pop Rating:1.4/10

The Black Hand Rank: , Original Star Rating: , Adjustred Star Rating: , Pop Rating:1.4/10

Fatal Enquiry First published 2014 Rank: , Original Star Rating: , Adjustred Star Rating: , Pop Rating:1.3/10

Anatomy of Evil Rank: , Original Star Rating: , Adjustred Star Rating: , Pop Rating:1.3/10

Old Scores Rank: , Original Star Rating: , Adjustred Star Rating: , Pop Rating:1.2/10

Hell Bay First published 2016 Rank: , Original Star Rating: , Adjustred Star Rating: , Pop Rating:1.2/10

Blood Is Blood Rank: , Original Star Rating: , Adjustred Star Rating: , Pop Rating:1.2/10

Lethal Pursuit Rank: , Original Star Rating: , Adjustred Star Rating: , Pop Rating:1.2/10

To Kingdom Come First published 2005 Rank: , Original Star Rating: , Adjustred Star Rating: , Pop Rating:1.7/10

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