Judgement and justice!

A Thief's Justice (Company of Rogues #2) by Douglas Skelton   

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Jonas Flynt, ex-soldier, ex-highwayman and part of the British spymaster, Colonel Nathaniel Charters’ elite group, the Company of Rogues, falls into company with an interesting judge. Mainly because a fop Jonas detests, Lord August Fairgreave, who challenges Judge Sir Geoffrey Dumont to show his dice. A deadly accusation by implication, of cheating!

It’s London 1716. When the judge is murdered Jonas is involved through more than one path. Geoffrey himself had asked Jonas not to think ill of him if for any reason he is disgraced. Now the judge is dead, in disgraceful circumstances. Another twist, the individual who’s accused of killing the judge is important to Flynt’s occasional courtesan, Belle. 

What begins as something personal has tentacles that weave from the darkest spots in the rookeries, to Newgate, spreads to rival gangs for the role of watchmen and marshals, to Jacobite prisoners in the tower, includes the ever plotting politician Walpole, and from there to the dark powerful forces that run London.

A fascinating Georgian mystery, complicated and intriguing. The research is solid, taking us back to times when politics in Britain were volatile and deadly. 

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