Fierce Poison, Will Thomas
Fierce Poison, Will Thomas
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Fierce Poison
A Barker & Llewelyn Novel

Author: Will Thomas

Narrator: Antony Ferguson

Unabridged: 9 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/12/2022


Synopsis

The next thrilling installment from the Barker and Llewelyn series, masterfully narrated by Antony Ferguson.

London, 1893, there is a poisoner loose in the city, with deaths piling up, and private enquiry agents Cyrus Barker and Thomas Llewelyn are apparently his next target in Fierce Poison by Will Thomas.

Private Enquiry agent Cyrus Barker has just about seen it all—he's been attacked by assassins, his office has been bombed, and evil-doers have even nearly killed his dog. But never before has a potential client dropped dead in his office. When Roland Fitzhugh, Member of Parliament arrives to consult Barker and his partner Thomas Llewelyn, he falls to the floor, dead, upon entering. As they soon learn, he's been poisoned with a cyanide laced raspberry tart, and the adulterated tarts also take out an entire family in the East End. Labelled the Mad Pie Man by the press, Barker and Llewelyn are hired by former Prime Minister William Gladstone to find out who has targeted the House of Commons's newest member.

But before they can even begin, they find themselves the latest target of this mad poisoner—with Barker's butler poisoned with digitalis and dozens of diabolic traps discovered at their home. On the run from their unseen adversary, Barker and Llewelyn must uncover the threads that connect these seemingly random acts and stop the killer before they and their closest friends and family become the latest casualties.

About Will Thomas

WILL THOMAS is the author of the Cyrus Barker and Thomas Llewelyn series, including The Black Hand, The Hellfire Conspiracy, The Limehouse Text, To Kingdom Come, and the Shamus and Barry award-nominated Some Danger Involved. He lives with his family in Oklahoma.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Judy on March 19, 2022

Cyrus Barker (the Guv) and Thomas Llewelyn have worked together in their private inquiry business for ten years now so this 13th book in the series is rich in background information regarding these two primary characters as well as others who move in and out of the narrative as the stories progress.......more

Goodreads review by Kathy on April 22, 2022

I have enjoyed each of the books in this series, now numbering 13, but is it unlucky 13? It would seem so as even Barker and Llewelyn are victims of the elusive poisoner. A visit with Gladstone, former prime minister, is compulsory early on after one of the first poisoning events as Thomas and Barke......more