Arrowood, Mick Finlay
Arrowood, Mick Finlay
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Arrowood

Author: Mick Finlay

Narrator: Malk Williams

Unabridged: 9 hr 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/18/2017


Synopsis

1895 

London is scared. A killer haunts the city's streets; the poor are hungry; crime bosses are taking control; the police force is stretched to the breaking point. 

The rich turn to Sherlock Holmes, but the celebrated private detective rarely visits the densely populated streets of South London, where the crimes are sleazier and the people are poorer. 

In the dark corner of Southwark, victims turn to a man who despises Holmes, his wealthy clientele and his showy forensic approach to crime: Arrowood—self-taught psychologist, occasional drunkard and private investigator. 

When a man mysteriously disappears and Arrowood's best lead is viciously stabbed before his eyes, he and his sidekick Barnett face their toughest quest yet: to capture the head of the most notorious gang in London… 

In the bestselling tradition of Anthony Horowitz and Andrew Taylor, this gloriously dark crime debut will haunt readers long after the final page has been turned.

About Mick Finlay

Mick Finlay was born in Glasgow but left as a young boy, livingin Canada and then England. Before becoming an academic, he ran amarket stall on Portobello Road, and also worked as a tent-handin a traveling circus, a butcher’s boy, a hotel porter, and variousjobs in the NHS and Social Services. He teaches in a psychologydepartment, and has published research on political violence andpersuasion, verbal and nonverbal communication, and disability. Helives in Brighton with his family.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Maria Hill on May 01, 2017

So I have finished my Easter Book. An anti-Sherlock Holmes set in 1895 London at the height of the notorious detective’s fame. The tagline on the book is "London Society takes its problems to Sherlock Holmes. Everyone else goes to Arrowood." Arrowood and his very capable assistant Norman Barnett inve......more

Goodreads review by Magdalena aka A Bookaholic Swede on April 02, 2019

I just can't resist reading a book that is set in the same time as Sherlock Holmes. And, the book did seem really promising with Arrowood being the poor man's Sherlock Holmes. However, I had some problems with the story. First, with Arrowood himself and his Sherlock envy. I mean his alias is Lockshe......more

Goodreads review by Keith on February 10, 2017

Down south, London town In South London in the 1890s, William Arrowood is fat and bald (‘a potato of a man’), physically unfit, exhibits problems with alcohol consumption and has a pathological aversion to Sherlock Holmes. For various reasons Arrowood finds himself a private investigator; like Holmes......more

Goodreads review by BlaireReadsTheThings on June 06, 2017

OK. So... I did not really like this book. I see what Finlay was trying to do here, but it just didn't work. 1) Arrowood is the discount, cheaply-made version of Sherlock Holmes. He is the Dollar General of private investigators. He is gross. Sweaty, fat, balding, farts all the time, messes around w......more

Goodreads review by The Lit Bitch on July 20, 2017

I absolutely love the tagline of this book: London Society takes their problems to Sherlock Holmes. Everyone else goes to Arrowood. That totally caught my eye when I was scanning Netgalley in search of new books to read this summer. An anti-Sherlock Holmes sounded refreshing and new. I have been watc......more