JAMES MCGEE

En los primeros años del siglo XIX proliferan por Londres los resucitadores, ladrones de cadáveres que surten de género a las escuelas de anatomía. Matthew Hawkwood, un runner de Bow Street —el cuerpo de policía que acabará convirtiéndose en Scotland Yard—, ha servido de enlace con los guerrilleros españoles durante la guerra contra Napoleón, pero su nueva misión se desarrollará en un escenario más tétrico que un país en guerra: los cementerios de Londres y el tristemente famoso manicomio de Bedlam. Cuando se producen las primeras muertes, Hawkwood tratará de dar caza a los asesinos, pero pronto aparece una presa especialmente escurridiza. El coronel Hyde, un cirujano demente, cuya locura solo puede comparase a su brillantez, se ha escapado del manicomio de Bedlam, y su genio incomprendido tiene algo que demostrar… lo que sin duda significará mas trabajo para los enterradores.

Matthew Hawkwood, ex-soldier turned Bow Street Runner, goes undercover to hunt down smugglers and traitors at the height of the Napoleonic Wars in this thrilling follow-up to Ratcatcher.For a French prisoner of war, there is only one fate worse than the gallows: the hulks. Former man-o-wars, now converted to prison ships, their fearsome reputation guarantees a sentence served in the most dreadful conditions.Few survive. Escape, its said, is impossible.Yet reports persist of a sinister smuggling operation within this brutal world and the Royal Navy is worried enough to send two of its officers to investigate.But when they disappear without trace, the Navy turns in desperation to Bow Street for help. Its time to send in a man as dangerous as the prey. Its time to send in Hawkwood

Rebellion is brewing in Napoleonic Paris, in the action-packed novel from the author of the bestselling Ratcatcher. October 1812: Britain and France are still at war. France is engaged on two battle fronts Spain and Russia and her civilians are growing weary of the fight. Rebellion is brewing. Since Napoleon Bonaparte appointed himself as First Consul, there have been several attempts to either kill or overthrow him. All have failed, so far Meanwhile in London, Bow Street Runner Matthew Hawkwood has been seconded to the foreign arm of the Secret Service. There, he meets the urbane Henry Brooke, who tells him hes to join a colleague in Paris on a special mission. Brookes agent has come up with a daring plan and he needs Hawkwoods help to put it into action. If the plan is successful it could lead to a negotiated peace treaty between France and the allies. Failure would mean prison, torture and a meeting with the guillotine

Hawkwoods in America for this gripping, action-packed follow up to the bestselling Ratcatcher for fans of Bernard Cornwell, Conn Igulden and Patrick OBrian DECEMBER, 1812Britain is locked in a bitter war with America and Matthew Hawkwood, soldier turned spy, is stranded behind enemy lines. A TERRIFYING PLOTHawkwood heads for the Canadian border, along with former comrade-in-arms, Major Douglas Lawrence. But as they men make their escape, the two men uncover a plot that could turn the British Empire to dust. A PERILOUS JOURNEYPursued by a relentless enemy, Hawkwood and Lawrence set off across the Adirondack Mountains. But they are not alone. Buried deep in Hawkwoods past is an old alliance one which could save both their lives and turn the tide of war

The Sunday Times bestselling historical thrillers. Meet Matthew Hawkwood: soldier, spy, lover. A man as dangerous as the murderers, spies and traitors he hunts on the crime-ridden streets of London at the height of the Napoleonic wars. Book 1, RATCATCHER: The backstreets of London are harbouring turncoats, French spies and a rogue inventor with a dangerous idea that could tip the balance of war. You dont send a gentleman to catch vermin. You send Hawkwood. Book 2, RESURRECTIONIST: In London, the death trade is booming. But theres a fine line between body snatching and murder. Hawkwood investigates, and his trail leads him to an obsessive surgeon who has escaped from Bedlam with a terrible point to prove Book 3, RAPSCALLION: Britains infamous prison ships are the only fate worse than the gallows for French prisoners of war. But rumour tells of a sinister smuggling operation aboard, and when two Royal Navy officers mysteriously disappear, its time to send in Hawkwood

One killer with everything to lose. One man with nothing to fear. 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, Hawkwoods interest is piqued. His hunt for the killer will lead him from Londons backstreets into the heart of a government determined to protect its secrets at all costs. Only Hawkwoods contacts within the criminal underworld can now help. As the truth behind the girls 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

Regency London is vividly brought to life in this extraordinary page-turner, the first in a series of historical thrillers featuring Bow Street Runner Matthew Hawkwood a dangerous, sexy and fascinating hero. Hunting down highwaymen was not the usual preserve of a Bow Street Runner. As the most resourceful of this elite band of investigators, Matthew Hawkwood was surprised to be assigned the case even if it did involve the murder and mutilation of a naval courier. From the squalor of St Giles Rookery, Londons notorious den of theives and cutthroats, to the palatial homes of the aristocracy where knights of the realm conduct themselves in a manner unbecoming to their rank, Hawkwood relentlessly pursues his quarry. And as the case unfolds, and another body is discovered, the true agenda behind the robbery begins to emerge: the stolen naval dispatch pouch held details of a French plot that, if successful, will send the Royal Navys entire fleet scurrying to port in terror, leaving Napoleon to rule the waves. With no way of knowing who can be trusted, Hawkwood must engage in a desperate race against time to prevent the successful execution of the Emperors plot.

Hawkwood, the Regency James Bond, returns in this gripping, action packed sequel to the bestselling Ratcatcher. Matthew Hawkwood. Soldier, spy, lover a man as dangerous as the criminals he hunts. The tough Bow Street Runner is back where hes not wanted, in the most forbidding places London has to offer: its graveyards and the rank, sinister halls of Bedlam, the countrys most notorious lunatic asylum. There are missing bodies all around dead and alive. Resurrection men serve the demands of the citys surgeons by stealing corpses and creating a few of their own along the way. Far more worrying is the escape from Bedlam of a very unusual inmate: one Colonel Titus Xavier Hyde, an obsessive, gifted surgeon whose insanity is only matched by his dark intelligence. And this twisted genius has a point to prove. Which will mean plenty more work for the gravediggers