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"Pyke returns in a gripping tale of brutal murder and deception, set in the back streets of Victorian London and the cane fields of Jamaica" (DEADLY PLEASURES )
'In its urgency and rawness... KILL-DEVIL AND WATER goes further than simply clever and diverting literary appropriation.' (Heather O'Donoghue TLS )
"Novel of the Week: A riproaring addition to the bestselling Pyke series" (PRESS ASSOCIATION ) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
'In its urgency and rawness... KILL-DEVIL AND WATER goes further than simply clever and diverting literary appropriation.' (Heather O'Donoghue TLS )
"Novel of the Week: A riproaring addition to the bestselling Pyke series" (PRESS ASSOCIATION ) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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'In its urgency and rawness... KILL-DEVIL AND WATER goes further than simply clever and diverting literary appropriation.'
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Kill-Devil and Water is the 3rd instalment in the Pyke series and it's another cracking read. The pace is terrific and the story line sweeps from London's back streets to Jamaica's plantations. The descriptions of life in 1840 are so good at one point while the action moved into a butchers shop I actually smelt the smells of butchers shop, I haven't stepped foot in butchers shop for 20 years, but the memory and the smells came flooding back. Pyke is struggling to become a better man and father after being released from debtors prison and becomes obsessed with finding the killer of a young woman brutally murdered in an effort to prove his worth to his son.
This series reminds me more and more of Raymond Chandler, the writing is that good, the pain of a man trying to be good in a world that demands he be cruel and his anger at wealth, greed and corruption is worthy of the master himself.
Exciting, poignant, compelling reading for fans of historical and crime literature alike.
If you haven't discovered the Pyke series yet, jump in now, lets hope there plenty more to come.
This series reminds me more and more of Raymond Chandler, the writing is that good, the pain of a man trying to be good in a world that demands he be cruel and his anger at wealth, greed and corruption is worthy of the master himself.
Exciting, poignant, compelling reading for fans of historical and crime literature alike.
If you haven't discovered the Pyke series yet, jump in now, lets hope there plenty more to come.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Pyke is Back! For those of you who don't yet know him he is a Dickensian crime solver. However do not expect hours of meticulous evidence gathering, cross examining of witnesses, collaboration with a plodding member of the Met and the final delivering of his findings to a drawing room full of suspects!
No our hero is more Vinnie Jones than Sherlock Holmes. Expect instead, violent confrontation, questions being asked at the end of a knife, chases through underground sewers and the delivering of 'Rough' justice rather than the Kings justice.
Pyke is a delicously volatile and flawed charactor who constantly fails to live up to the standards he sets himself and yet not shy of pronouncing his judgement on others.
This episode finds him in debtors prison before his old friend Tilling secures him a release to help the newly founded Police force in a particularly grisly murder.
An investigation that will see him mixing with the usual gutter scum that always seem to feature in Pyke mysteries as well as organised mobsters and the seedier side of high society and will see him travel from the East End to the West Indies!
I will not go further into the plot for spoiling reasons but needless to say the initial murder leads to a more sinister and complex plot that gives Pyke full license to excersise his resourceful yet brutal methods.
This is an absorbing and entertaining read that gives an excellent murder mystery thriller as well as a well researched and graphic accounts of early Victorian inner city living, where life is as seemingly cheap as the Gin.
I did at times get a little frustrated with Pyke's singular style (find suspect and threaten to kill him horribly if he doesn't spill the beans) and I am a little mystified as to why everyone, from crime lords to the ladies are always so drawn and sympathetic to him. Yet I find myself always on his side too, perhaps because of all his obvious flaws rather than despite them, he's kind of a slightly psychopathic Dickensian 'Rebus' figure, self loathing and ever willing to fall back on to the consolation of the bottle.
A very good book and I am hoping for more Pyke action soon and maybe a TV adaptation would be good too! well done Andrew Pepper.
No our hero is more Vinnie Jones than Sherlock Holmes. Expect instead, violent confrontation, questions being asked at the end of a knife, chases through underground sewers and the delivering of 'Rough' justice rather than the Kings justice.
Pyke is a delicously volatile and flawed charactor who constantly fails to live up to the standards he sets himself and yet not shy of pronouncing his judgement on others.
This episode finds him in debtors prison before his old friend Tilling secures him a release to help the newly founded Police force in a particularly grisly murder.
An investigation that will see him mixing with the usual gutter scum that always seem to feature in Pyke mysteries as well as organised mobsters and the seedier side of high society and will see him travel from the East End to the West Indies!
I will not go further into the plot for spoiling reasons but needless to say the initial murder leads to a more sinister and complex plot that gives Pyke full license to excersise his resourceful yet brutal methods.
This is an absorbing and entertaining read that gives an excellent murder mystery thriller as well as a well researched and graphic accounts of early Victorian inner city living, where life is as seemingly cheap as the Gin.
I did at times get a little frustrated with Pyke's singular style (find suspect and threaten to kill him horribly if he doesn't spill the beans) and I am a little mystified as to why everyone, from crime lords to the ladies are always so drawn and sympathetic to him. Yet I find myself always on his side too, perhaps because of all his obvious flaws rather than despite them, he's kind of a slightly psychopathic Dickensian 'Rebus' figure, self loathing and ever willing to fall back on to the consolation of the bottle.
A very good book and I am hoping for more Pyke action soon and maybe a TV adaptation would be good too! well done Andrew Pepper.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Another great Pyke novel - please make these into a TV series!!!! I love the juxtaposition of Pyke's love for detective work (which he is so good at) with his yearning for building a more settled home life (which he is rather abysmal at). Pyke wants to do the right thing and tries desperately to be a role model for his son. Again, I'm not going to give any more of the plot away. Suffice to say I didn't want to finish this and I actually re-read lots of it just to put off that fateful day! With only two more books left in the series, I was beginning to get worried at this point. Pyke has taken over part of my life, how will I ever live without him!!!! :o
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only 4 stars for this one
I could hardly wait to read this third novel when it arrived, after so enjoying the two earlier books, but unfortunately I think Andrew Pepper had run out of ideas based on London... Read more
Published 12 months ago by M. French
Kill Devil and Water: A Pyke Mystery
I've just finished reading this and I loved it. Lots of twists and turns and I didn't see the ending coming at all, even went back to re-read part of it but didn't "get it" till... Read more
Published 14 months ago by D. J. Wilden
a pyke novel
mr pepper takes you right back to london of old you can smell the place.and pyke is a man you will not forget.
Published 21 months ago by jinks
Addictive stuff
I readily confess that from the very first story I became very partial to Pyke. He is far from perfect but it's precisely that which makes him such a lifelike and... Read more
Published on 18 Feb 2010 by Didier
High standard
Andrew Pepper's series of Pyke thrillers keeps up a high standard. This one succeeded with its surprise twist. Read more
Published on 7 Feb 2010 by Village Reader
The best so far
I've not been too sympathetic to Andrew Pepper's character, Pyke in his previous novels. I just could not get my head around how an ex Bow Street Runner suddenly became a overnight... Read more
Published on 21 Jan 2010 by Michael Watson
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What a read.....
Pyke has got a huge chip on his shoulder and has developed a consious and embarks on his "paid" moral quest. Read more
Pyke has got a huge chip on his shoulder and has developed a consious and embarks on his "paid" moral quest. Read more
Published on 12 Mar 2009 by Mr. Revey Ace
Fantastic..........................
I can`t really add anything more than the great review above,but get the book and read it,you will not be able to put it down. Read more
Published on 20 Nov 2008 by Rob The Imp
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