Nominated for the 2018 Best First Novel, Barry Award
“A flavoursome smorgasbord… irresistible stuff”
The Guardian
“A twist-filled adventure that proves far from elementary”
Wall Street Journal
“Impressive period detail and sharp dialogue add charm to the strong plot”
The Daily Mail
THE RED RIBBON
The Financial Times’ Books of the Year 2018
“This second volume in an engaging spy series set in Edwardian London, sees Captain Vernon Kell struggle to run a fledgling secret intelligence service. His best agent is Wiggins, a streetwise urchin who has been trained by Sherlock Holmes. London, too, is a character and well-deployed period detail brings the city alive, from its grimy back streets and courtyard slums to the splendour of the West End.”
The Financial Times
THE YEAR OF THE GUN
“Skilfully mixing real history with action sequences worthy of Lee Child, this is historical crime-writing at its best.”
Mail On Sunday
“The story rattles along at pace, the characters are engaging and the fight scenes burst with action. But Lyle’s great strength is in his depiction of time and place; from its stinking tenements, where babies cry from hunger, to its sinister docks and upmarket brothels, the Edwardian city — then still part of Britain — is brought to life in all its squalid, magnificent glory.”
Financial Times
“Full throttle… delivering entertainment in spadest”
Irish Independent
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