The Limehouse Text, Will Thomas
The Limehouse Text, Will Thomas
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The Limehouse Text

Author: Will Thomas

Narrator: Antony Ferguson

Unabridged: 9 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 01/31/2017


Synopsis

In The Limehouse Text, Cyrus Barker and Thomas Llewelyn discover a pawn ticket among the effects of Barker's late assistant, leading them to London's Chinese district, Limehouse. There they retrieve an innocent-looking book that proves to be a rare and secret text stolen from a Nanking monastery, containing lethal martial arts techniques forbidden to the West. With the political situation between the British Empire and Imperial China already unstable, the duo must not only track down a killer intent upon gaining the secret knowledge but also safeguard the text from a snarl of suspects with conflicting interests.

Prowling through an underworld of opium dens, back-room blood sports, and sailors' penny hangs while avoiding the wrath of the district's powerful warlord, Mr. K'ing, Barker and Llewelyn take listeners on a perilous tour through the mean streets of turn-of-the-century London.

About Will Thomas

Will Thomas is the author of the Barker and Llewelyn series, including Anatomy of Evil and Fatal Enquiry, as well as The Black Hand, The Hellfire Conspiracy, The Limehouse Text, To Kingdom Come, and the Shamus and Barry Award-nominated Some Danger Involved. He lives in Oklahoma.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Blaine on August 03, 2023

Book 3 in this highly enjoyable series delves into the East End of London, specifically the Chinese community who live and work in the Limehouse area of the city. The text refers to a secret book that was removed from a temple in China and is now in London. The book deals with a secret martial arts......more

Goodreads review by Charles on March 06, 2023

Review to follow......more

Goodreads review by Marit Rae on September 13, 2021

Like the last two books, I got exactly what I expected. I did not open it seeking a nuanced exploration of the characters as they exist in this world, a super surprising plot, or even something that stuck with me after I closed the page. I opened this book looking for something mildly entertaining t......more

Goodreads review by Ioana on March 27, 2015

Third book in the series, third failure due to badly mangled characterizations. I LOVE the portrayal of the historical setting and the focus on inter/national intrigue (mystery novels tend to be so insular and it's refreshing to discover a series that is broader in scope)--BUT sadly, again, Thomas p......more

Goodreads review by Steve on October 18, 2022

Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown. --------last line of film Chinatown Limehouse was the home of many of the Chinese people living in England in the 1880s when this book is set. This is the story of two English detectives investigating crimes - including murders - in Limehouse. But they aren't really En......more