Snake Eyes
Reeks: The Londum Series
Tony Rattigan
- Book
- six
- of
- The
- Londum
- Series,
- set
- in
- an
- Alternate
- Victorian
- England,
- called
- Albion.In
- between
- rescuing
- a
- young
- girl
- from
- child
- slavery
- and
- saving
- a
- street
- full
- of
- tenants
- from
- an
- unscrupulous
- landlord,
- Jim
- Darby
- is
- planning
- one
- of
- the
- biggest
- heists
- of
- his
- career,
- when
- an
- old
- flame
- re-enters
- his
- life.Racine
- Deveaux
- seeks
- Jim’s
- help
- to
- bring
- down
- her
- travelling
- companion,
- Vincent
- Lassiter.
- Reluctant
- at
- first
- to
- help,
- Jim
- is
- finally
- persuaded
- to
- involve
- Lassiter
- in
- a
- scam
- to
- force
- him
- into
- a
- position
- where
- Racine
- can
- be
- revenged
- upon
- him.
- Seems
- simple,
- doesn’t
- it?However,
- Jim
- has
- to
- contend
- with
- Lassiter’s
- man,
- Bolan,
- an
- ex-street
- fighter,
- who
- may
- be
- more
- than
- a
- match
- for
- Jim.
- Also
- there’s
- a
- new
- addition
- to
- Jim’s
- list
- of
- annoyances,
- Inspector
- Herbert
- Corner
- of
- Caledonia
- Yard,
- who
- seems
- intent
- on
- finding
- out
- Jim’s
- secrets.Oh
- well,
- it’s
- just
- another
- day
- at
- the
- office
- for
- Jim.Including
- Bonus
- Story
- –
- A
- Londum
- Yuletide
From
- an
- Alternate
- Victorian
- England
- called
- Albion,
- three
- spooky,
- short
- stories
- set
- during
- the
- Yuletide
- season,
- woven
- together
- into
- one
- narrative,
- A
- Londum
- Yuletide,
- to
- prove
- that
- ‘There
- are
- more
- things
- in
- Heaven
- and
- Earth,
- than
- are
- dreamt
- of
- in
- your
- philosophy,
- Horatio
- Hornblower!’Pub
- Talk
While
- working
- on
- a
- case
- in
- the
- snowy
- village
- of
- Strapley-on-the-Wold
- during
- the
- Yuletide
- season,
- Rufus
- Cobb,
- private
- detective,
- has
- a
- casual
- conversation
- with
- a
- stranger
- in
- the
- village
- pub,
- the
- outcome
- of
- which
- may
- have
- dire
- consequences
- for
- the
- whole
- world.What
- would
- you
- say
- to
- a
- disillusioned
- Father
- Yule
- (the
- man
- who
- delivers
- toys
- to
- all
- the
- children)
- who
- is
- about
- to
- quit
- his
- job?Trial
- by
- Gravity
Jim
- Darby,
- gentleman
- thief,
- is
- making
- his
- escape
- from
- a
- successful
- robbery,
- over
- a
- snowy
- rooftop
- when
- disaster
- strikes,
- leaving
- him
- dangling
- over
- a
- four-storey
- drop.
- Luckily,
- someone
- comes
- along
- who
- could
- rescue
- him;
- the
- only
- trouble
- is
- …
- Jim
- has
- to
- convince
- him
- first,
- why
- he
- should.Unfinished
- Business
Thornton
- Wells
- is
- visited
- by
- one
- of
- his
- trusted
- Secret
- Service
- contacts.
- A
- dangerous,
- foreign
- agent
- is
- about
- to
- leave
- the
- country
- with
- vital
- information,
- they
- must
- apprehend
- him
- immediately,
- without
- waiting
- for
- backup.
- The
- two
- of
- them
- set
- off
- at
- once,
- there
- is
- no
- time
- to
- lose,
- but
- is
- there
- more
- to
- this
- than
- meets
- the eye?
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