Books in the Bow Street Rivals series

London, 1817. A man is shot outside of Covent Garden Theatre. Was Sir Roger Mellanby MP, a spearhead for social reform, really the intended target of the shooting? Twin detectives Paul and Peter Skillen are tasked to find the assassin.

In this first instalment of the Bow Street Rivals series a riot breaks out in Dartmoor prison, enabling some American inmates to escape. The twin detectives Peter and Paul Skillen catch wind of a projected assassination but the target is unknown. Trouble ensues when a woman from the Home Office vanishes; a mysterious lady turns up at the archery shooting gallery; and Paul's gambling addiction worsens...