Peter & Paul Skillen are rivals of the Bow Street Runners (who work for the Chief Magistrate). Both attempt to solve the same crimes & bring the same criminals to justice. The difference is the former are intelligent, insightful, & careful; whereas the latter are unintelligent, bullying & bumbling.
In this book Paul has agreed to be the second in a duel for Mr. Bowerman, whose intended has received unwanted attention from another man... when the Runners acting on a tip show up and cart everyone off to the Magistrate.
When Mr. Bowerman is found stabbed on the other man's rental property by the other man's dagger, the intrigue begins....
Not only are the Runners working against the Skillens, so is "the other man" & his dubious friend.
The Skillen brothers easily turn the tables.... but there is the matter of Mr. Bowerman's inheritance, a mysterious woman bilking local banks, & the possibility of a double-cross.
I marked this down a star because of the side story & histrionics of Paul's actress companion... she is tedious & boring... I skipped over most of her dialogs.
I also figured out who done it & the double-cross, but the main portion of the book was still interesting and definitely held my interest
Date With the Executioner, Edward Marston
★ ★ ★
Peter & Paul Skillen are rivals of the Bow Street Runners (who work for the Chief Magistrate). Both attempt to solve the same crimes & bring the same criminals to justice. The difference is the former are intelligent, insightful, & careful; whereas the latter are unintelligent, bullying & bumbling.
In this book Paul has agreed to be the second in a duel for Mr. Bowerman, whose intended has received unwanted attention from another man... when the Runners acting on a tip show up and cart everyone off to the Magistrate.
When Mr. Bowerman is found stabbed on the other man's rental property by the other man's dagger, the intrigue begins....
Not only are the Runners working against the Skillens, so is "the other man" & his dubious friend.
The Skillen brothers easily turn the tables.... but there is the matter of Mr. Bowerman's inheritance, a mysterious woman bilking local banks, & the possibility of a double-cross.
I marked this down a star because of the side story & histrionics of Paul's actress companion... she is tedious & boring... I skipped over most of her dialogs.
I also figured out who done it & the double-cross, but the main portion of the book was still interesting and definitely held my interest