The Limehouse Text (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780743273350)

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.

Author: Will Thomas
ISBN-10: 0743273354
ISBN-13: 9780743273350
Publisher: Touchstone Books
Language: English
Published: 07/05/2006
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.64lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.36w x 0.78d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 04/17/2006 pg. 168
Booklist 05/01/2006 pg. 40
Booklist 05/01/2007 pg. 6

About the Author
Will Thomas is the author of the Barker and Llewelyn series, a series of mystery novels set in Victorian England. The first novel in the series was nominated for a Barry Award and a Shamus Award, and won the 2005 Oklahoma Book Award. He lives with his family in Oklahoma.