Law enforcement officer's dream job meets trouble!

The Thief of Blackfriars Lane by Michelle Griep      

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Victorian London of 1885. A young woman with Robin Hood overtones who runs a street gang gets under the collar of a bright spanking new Constable. 

Jackson Forge has only ever wanted to become a policeman. Now his first day arrives for his posting down near London docks at Blackfriars and he's late. If he hadn't stopped to help an old gentleman he'd have been on time--and still have had his purse!

Jackson's new career seems to only go down hill from here on. His track record is definitely not winning any accolades. Late for the very annoyed Sergeant Graybone, outspoken when he shouldn't be, and suspicious about the Lord Mayor, he has a targeted painted on his back as far as his superiors are concerned. Talk about angels charging in!

Two important men have gone missing and now a third. The last is a poor hansom driver. Are the three linked? Forge thinks so. Someone else is concerned about the cabbie and Jackson finds himself with a most unlikely partner, that's after he's in trouble once more with the Sergeant.

A dangerous Intrigue, chases through both dubious and disgusting parts of Blackfriars, an unlikely and unlooked for partnership--all are just part of this story where the various plots and subplots keep the action moving along a tightrope of focused action.

Kit and Jackson turn out to both be in tune and supportive actors when death threatens and daring play is called for.

A fresh look by Griep at these beloved Dickensian seedy backdrops, the underbelly of nineteenth century London, that historical mystery writers seize upon as the canvas for dark doings, albeit through Griep's slightly different lens.

A Barbour Publishing ARC via NetGalley