- ISBN: 9781468032079 | 1468032070
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 4/14/2012
The chase continues. The Huntsman is coursing the pack, hot on the fox's trail.Henry Fielding has the 'Bow Street Runners' prowling the brothels, dives, and back-alleys of London, following the slender threads of the robber gang. They are seeking the gang that was responsible for the Dover Mail robbery in Kent. The Bow Street Runners are after Smiley, Bumble, and the mysterious Mouse. They are not alone.Sir Nicodemus and 'The Shadows' impatiently wait for their own news from London. It depends on Jack Broughton's connections to the underworld. Ned Callahan heads toward Canterbury, and a hoped for new life with his old Colonel.A ship from Pennsylvania docks in Southwark; a five person delegation of distinguished colonials is here to seek an audience with investors, financiers and bureaucrats.Comte Del Moro is thinking about moving to the north, in hopes of purchasing a large estate near Leicester; while Sally brazenly reprises a former role in Covent Garden.