Hawkwood: A Regency Crime Thriller

James McGee

Pegasus Publications, 2012 - Fiction - 409 pages

The year is 1811, and Bow Street Runner Matthew Hawkwood is ordered by Chief Magistrate James Read to investigate the double murder of a coachman and a naval courier on the Kent Road.

Hawkwood is initially puzzled as to why Read is so concerned by this relatively mundane case, but as his investigation unfolds, another body is discovered and a higher agenda begins to emerge—an attempt by the Emperor Napoleon to bring about a crushing military and psychological blow to Britain, the means of which would bring terror to the seas for years to come . . .

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Review: Hawkwood: A Regency Crime Thriller (Matthew Hawkwood #1)

User Review  - Shelley Fearn - Goodreads

Hey, this is a book about Richard Sharpe's brother! You remember Richard Sharpe from Bernard Cornwell's excellent series of books about the officer of the 95th Rifles who Wellington raised from the ...

Review: Hawkwood (Matthew Hawkwood #1)

User Review  - Scottsdale Public Library - Goodreads

As an avid reader of Regency romance books, I jumped at a chance to read this book and found an excellent mystery that exposes the darker underpinnings of this glamorous period. Bow Street Runner ...

About the author

James McGee , the pseudonym for Glen Moy, grew up in Gibraltar, Germany and Northern Ireland. He has worked in a variety of jobs, including banking, the airline industry, local radio and bookselling. He lives in Somerset. Four books from his Hawkwood series have been published in England by HarperCollins UK: Ratcatcher (2006), Resurrectionist (2007), Rapscallion (2008) and Rebellion (2011).

Bibliographic information

• Title: Hawkwood: A Regency Crime Thriller; Pegasus Crime Series; Regency Crime Thriller
• Author: James McGee
• Publisher: Pegasus Publications, 2012
• ISBN: 1605983683, 9781605983684
• Length: 409 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Historical; Fiction / Thrillers / Crime