Matthew Hawkwood Thriller Series Books 1-3: Ratcatcher, Resurrectionist, Rapscallion

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James McGee

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2019

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Lee stepped forward. “All in order, Mr Sparrow?”

The seaman nodded.

“Capital! In that case, please be so kind as to see to the doors and prepare the vessel for departure.”

Hawkwood stared at the woman, at her slim figure, her mannish dress, at her hair held in a tight chignon, at the pistol in her hand and her smile. And in a moment of startling clarity it came to him. Scully’s taunting when he’d been asked if another mutineer or Lee had been his partner in the coach hold-up.

It were neither, squire. An’ if I told you, you’d never believe me. If you only knew …

Not a mute boy and certainly not Jago, as he had ludicrously supposed, but a woman whose accent would have betrayed her the moment she’d opened her mouth. She had shot the guard in cold blood and, judging by her present disposition, Hawkwood suspected that she hadn’t lost a moment’s sleep since.

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