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The Limehouse Text
The Limehouse Text: A Novel | Will Thomas
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In The Limehouse Text, Barker and 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. When they take it to Ho, Barker's favorite restaurateur, for inspection, they discover that it contains lethal martial arts techniques forbidden to the West. With the political situation between the British Empire and Imperial China already precarious, the duo must safeguard the text from a snarl of suspects with conflicting interests -- and track down a killer intent upon gaining the secret knowledge. 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 readers on a perilous tour through the mean streets of turn-of-the-century London.
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I don‘t necessarily like murder mysteries, but this series is strong because of the two main characters. I can‘t stop reading them!

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Aims42
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I finally was able to capture a picture of a witty Thomas Llewelyn quote! (All the other quotes were separated onto two pages). This is why I am loving these books! They‘re fun, they keep my interest and they make me laugh. They also make me extremely hungry because the author goes into depth describing their meals LOL I love this series and am picking up number 4 and 5 from my library today!!

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DenellJackson
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The third book in the Barker & Llewelyn series is the best so far! It is very different from the first two books, completely unpredictable- to the very end - and very, very British 😄 I loved it!

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