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A rip-roaring and action-packed derring-do adventure that pokes tongue-in-cheek fun at modern thriller tropes. Highly recommended. * Irish Independent * Engaging series of historical thrillers . . The story rattles along at pace, the characters are engaging and the fight scenes burst with action. But Lyle's great strength is in his depiction of time and place; from its stinking tenements, where babies cry from hunger, to its sinister docks and upmarket brothels, the Edwardian city - then still part of Britain - is brought to life in all its squalid, magnificent glory * Financial Times * Impressive period detail and sharp dialogue add charm to the strong plot * Daily Mail (on The Irregular) * Full throttle . . . delivering entertainment in spades * Myles McWeeney * A fast-moving thriller * Historical Novel Society * . . . what HB Lyle has done . . . is nothing short of inspirational. There are echoes of John Buchan in these books, and enough hard-core spy stuff to keep aficionados happy. The story ends with a promise there could be more adventures with Wiggins should the author choose to record them. We can but hope. * Spybrary * Thoroughly entertaining * Mail on Sunday * A rip-roaring and action-packed derring-do adventure that pokes tonque.in-cheek fun at modern thriller tropes. Highly recommended * Irish Independent Review * Cracking pace, tension, twists and humour. It mixes a hot plot and historical events with real and fictional characters * Sun *

A rip-roaring and action-packed derring-do adventure that pokes tongue-in-cheek fun at modern thriller tropes. Highly recommended. * Irish Independent * Engaging series of historical thrillers . . The story rattles along at pace, the characters are engaging and the fight scenes burst with action. But Lyle's great strength is in his depiction of time and place; from its stinking tenements, where babies cry from hunger, to its sinister docks and upmarket brothels, the Edwardian city - then still part of Britain - is brought to life in all its squalid, magnificent glory * Financial Times * Impressive period detail and sharp dialogue add charm to the strong plot * Daily Mail (on The Irregular) * Full throttle . . . delivering entertainment in spades * Myles McWeeney * A fast-moving thriller * Historical Novel Society *

A rip-roaring and action-packed derring-do adventure that pokes tongue-in-cheek fun at modern thriller tropes. Highly recommended. * Irish Independent * Engaging series of historical thrillers . . The story rattles along at pace, the characters are engaging and the fight scenes burst with action. But Lyle's great strength is in his depiction of time and place; from its stinking tenements, where babies cry from hunger, to its sinister docks and upmarket brothels, the Edwardian city - then still part of Britain - is brought to life in all its squalid, magnificent glory * Financial Times * Impressive period detail and sharp dialogue add charm to the strong plot * Daily Mail (on The Irregular) * Full throttle . . . delivering entertainment in spades * Myles McWeeney * A fast-moving thriller * Historical Novel Society * . . . what HB Lyle has done . . . is nothing short of inspirational. There are echoes of John Buchan in these books, and enough hard-core spy stuff to keep aficionados happy. The story ends with a promise there could be more adventures with Wiggins should the author choose to record them. We can but hope. * Spybrary * Thoroughly entertaining * Mail on Sunday * A rip-roaring and action-packed derring-do adventure that pokes tonque.in-cheek fun at modern thriller tropes. Highly recommended * Irish Independent Review *

A rip-roaring and action-packed derring-do adventure that pokes tongue-in-cheek fun at modern thriller tropes. Highly recommended. * Irish Independent * Engaging series of historical thrillers . . The story rattles along at pace, the characters are engaging and the fight scenes burst with action. But Lyle's great strength is in his depiction of time and place; from its stinking tenements, where babies cry from hunger, to its sinister docks and upmarket brothels, the Edwardian city - then still part of Britain - is brought to life in all its squalid, magnificent glory * Financial Times * Impressive period detail and sharp dialogue add charm to the strong plot * Daily Mail (on The Irregular) * Full throttle . . . delivering entertainment in spades * Myles McWeeney * A fast-moving thriller * Historical Novel Society * . . . what HB Lyle has done . . . is nothing short of inspirational. There are echoes of John Buchan in these books, and enough hard-core spy stuff to keep aficionados happy. The story ends with a promise there could be more adventures with Wiggins should the author choose to record them. We can but hope. * Spybrary *

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H.B. Lyle lives in South London with his partner and their twin daughters. After a career in feature film development, he took an MA in creative writing, followed by a PhD, at the University of East Anglia, an experience which led to the creation of The Irregular. He also writes screenplays and teaches undergraduates.

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