06/03/2026
Msunduzi Hospice Book of the Week – R30
James McGee – Ratcatcher
Copied from the back of the book
‘Ratcatcher has everything – duels and derring-do, London highlife and lowlife, French lechery and treachery – all contained in a fast-moving, cleverly constructed plot with an immaculately detailed historical background. And a hero who is ruthless, mysterious and sexy’ – Reginald Hill
“Hunting down highwaymen was not the usual preserve of a Bow Street Runner. As the most resourceful of this elite band of investigators, Matthew Hawkwood was surprised to be assigned the case – even if it did involve the murder and mutilation of a naval courier.
Soon Hawkwood finds himself pursuing a trail that leads him from the squalor of St Giles Rookery, London’s notorious den of thieves and cutthroats, to the brightly lit salons of the aristocracy and the heart of British government. But it is only with the discovery of a co**se on the banks of the Thames that the true agenda behind the robbery begins to emerge and a dark conspiracy is revealed. Napoleon’s agents are preparing to launch an assassination attempt – and only Hawkwood can stop them.”
