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To Kingdom Come (Barker and Llewelyn, Bk 2)
To Kingdom Come - Barker and Llewelyn, Bk 2
Author: Will Thomas
When a bomb destroys the recently formed Special Irish Branch of Scotland Yard, all fingers point to the increasingly brazen factions of Irish dissidents seeking liberation from English rule. Volunteering their services to the British government, Barker and Llewelyn set out to infiltrate a secret cell of the Irish Republican Brotherhood known as...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780743256223
ISBN-10: 0743256220
Publication Date: 5/3/2005
Pages: 288
Rating:
  • Currently 4.2/5 Stars.
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4.2 stars, based on 13 ratings
Publisher: Touchstone
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
Members Wishing: 0
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BaileysBooks avatar reviewed To Kingdom Come (Barker and Llewelyn, Bk 2) on + 491 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 4
This is Book 2 of the Barker & Llewelyn mystery series.

Unlike Mark Frost, whose second Holmes-inspired novel fell dreadfully short of his phenomenal debut, The List of Seven, Will Thomas seems to have improved upon an already successful start.

I found this book even more tightly written than the first. There was more emphasis on the plot this time and the mystery was more fully developed. Character development continued at a believable pace without being overbearing, and the author continues to tease the reader as he slowly doles out details about Barker's mysterious past one tiny morsel at a time.

While Some Danger Involved focused on Jewish immigration to London in the 1880s, To Kingdom Come focuses on a group of Irish terrorists bent upon blowing up most of London for the sake of Irish independence.

Will Thomas is on to something here and I'm not wasting any time before I pick up the next book in this entertaining series.
tinabean88 avatar reviewed To Kingdom Come (Barker and Llewelyn, Bk 2) on + 51 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
I love the characters in these stories. This series is great. Right up there with Anne Perry. Can't wait for the next one
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reviewed To Kingdom Come (Barker and Llewelyn, Bk 2) on + 7 more book reviews
This is a great series-- reminiscent of Sherlock Holmes character but with a bit more humor and more history about different aspects of Victorian English life, especially what we would now call "diversity", ie, Chinese immigrants, the Irish, Jews, etc.
KellyP avatar reviewed To Kingdom Come (Barker and Llewelyn, Bk 2) on + 143 more book reviews
The 2nd Thomas Llewellyn adventure - and every good as the first!


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