The Reckoning

The 6th historical thriller featuring Matthew Hawkwood, Bow Street Runner and Spy, now hunting a killer on the loose in Regency London. London, 1813: Bow Street Runner Matthew Hawkwood is summoned to a burial ground and finds the corpse of a young woman, murdered and cast into an open grave. At first the death is deemed to be of little consequence. But when Chief Magistrate James Read receives a direct order from the Home Office to abandon the case, Hawkwood’s interest is piqued. His hunt for the killer will lead him from London’s backstreets into the heart of a government determined to protect its secrets at all costs. Only Hawkwood’s contacts within the criminal underworld can now help. As the truth behind the girl’s murder emerges, setting in motion a deadly chain of events, Hawkwood learns the true meaning of loyalty – and that the enemy is much closer to home than he ever imagined… This top literary fiction, filled with action and adventure, takes the reader on a thrilling journey through the dark corners of Regency London. The mystery deepens as Hawkwood's relentless pursuit of justice uncovers a web of crime that reaches to the highest echelons of power. For fans of Douglas Skelton (A Thief's Blood), and Simon Scarrow (Dead of Night).