Old Scores

Barker & Llewelyn, Book 9

By: Will Thomas

Narrated by: Antony Ferguson

In 1890, the first Japanese diplomatic delegation arrives in London to open an embassy. Cyrus Barker, private enquiry agent and occasional agent for the Foreign Service Office, is enlisted to display his personal Japanese garden to the visiting dignitaries.

Later that night, Ambassador Toda is shot and killed in his office and Cyrus Barker is discovered across the street, watching the very same office, in possession of a revolver with one spent cartridge.

Arrested by the Special Branch for the crime, Barker is vigorously interrogated and finally released due to the intervention of his assistant, Thomas Llewelyn, and his solicitor. With the London constabulary still convinced of his guilt, Barker is hired by the new Japanese ambassador to find the real murderer.

In a case that takes Barker and Llewelyn deep into parts of London's underworld, on paths that lead deep into Barker's own mysterious personal history, Old Scores is the finest yet in Will Thomas's critically acclaimed series.

©2017 Will Thomas (P)2017 Tantor

Narrator

I love the narrator of this series. He puts you right in the middle of the adventure.

not his best

this was the first book out of the series I had a little trouble staying interested in.

Loved it as usual!

Look forward to many more installments! It sounds like there'll be more to come!
Audible addict
Santa Fe, NM

Excellent series!

Highly recommend this series about Private Investigative Service Agents Cyrus Barker and Thomas Llewellyn. The clients they work for, their involvements with Scotland Yard and the characters who work with them on solving problems make each book in this series evolve beautifully in making a family of sorts. The plots are interesting and the work dangerous. Each book ends with me reaching for another.

Enjoyable book for those who have read all the Sherlock and Poirot books

I have been enjoying this series immensely. The characters are fully formed, the plot moves at a good (not fast) pace, and I expect to listen to the full series at least twice.