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Description edit
Attacked on a rainy London street, veteran spy Justine DeCabrillac knows only one man can save her: Hawker, her oldest friend . . . her oldest enemy. London's crawling with hidden assassins and someone is out to frame Hawker for murder. The two spies must work together to find who's out to... read more
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Summary edit
Historical Romance. When French spy "Owl" -- a.k.a. Justine DuMotier DeCabrillac -- is stabbed in the streets of London and left for dead, it's up to her former lover, English agent Adrian "Hawker" Hawkhurst, to find out who's responsible. Due to the complex politics of post-Revolutionary... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Characters edit
- Justine DeCabrillac: Spy for the French Secret Police
- Adrian Hawker: English spy in the British Service
- William Doyle: English spy in the British Service
- Paxton: English spy in the British Service
- Luke: A surgeon
- Severine "Sevie": Justine's sister
- Fletcher: English spy in the British Service
- Annique: An acquaintance of Adrian's
- Maggie: William Doyle's wife
- Amy: A French spy
- Rene: Spy for the French Secret Police
- Yves: Spy for the French Secret Police
- Babette: The cook in the brothel
- Jean le Gros: One of the grooms at the brothel
- Jacques Leblanc: A pig farmer; one of the new men of the Revolution
- Lucille: The madame of the brothel
- Robespierre: One of the most influential figures in the French Revolution
- Carruthers: Head of the British Secret Service for France
- Lazarus: Runs the London underground
- Gravois: Oversaw the daily running of the Coach House
- Patelin: Oversaw the daily running of the Coach House
- Antoine Drieu: Worker at the Coach House
- Molly: Doyle's upstairs maid
- Pascal: The groom at Doyle's property
- Lord Cummings: The head of Military Intelligence for England
- Camille: Paxton's wife
- Mr. Thompson: Clerk at Justine's shop
- Mr. Chetri: Clerk at Justine's shop
- Nalina: Chetri's wife
- John Millian: Works at the British Embassy in Paris
- Soulier: French secret police chief in London
- Roger Cameron: Lieutenant of The Valorous
- Paul Dacre: A French spy
- Nathaniel Conant: The Bow Street magistrate
- Ladislaus: An English spy
- William Vessey: An MP from Buckinghamshire
- Thomas Daventry: Active in politics; a radical with money
- George Reynolds: Works at the Foreign Office
- Richard Shaw: Justice of the Peace
- Liverpool: The Prime Minister of England
- Castlereagh: Foreign Secretary
- Jane Cardiff: A woman of the demimonde
Setting & Locations edit
First Sentence edit
The past caught up to her in the rain, in Braddy Square, six hundred yards from Meeks Street.
Table of Contents edit
Chapter 1 - 51
Series & Lists edit
This is book 4 of 4 in Spymaster/Meeks Street. (standard series)
Preceded by The Forbidden Rose.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Joanna Bourne (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Berkley
Country: United States
Publication Date: November 1, 2011
ISBN: 978-0425244531
Page Count: 336
Publisher: Berkley
Country: United States
Publication Date: November 1, 2011
ISBN: 978-0425244531
Page Count: 336
Awards edit
- RITA Award Finalist (2012: Historical Romance)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
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