TY - BOOK AU - Thompson,E.V. TI - Churchyard and Hawke SN - 9781444821345 U1 - 823.914 23 PY - 2014/// CY - Leicester PB - Thorpe KW - Police KW - England KW - London KW - History KW - 19th century KW - Fiction KW - Cornwall (County) KW - Murder KW - Investigation KW - Large type books KW - Detective and mystery stories N1 - Originally published: London: Robert Hale, 2009 N2 - After suffering a serious beating whilst engaged in unofficial undercover work in the murky streets and taverns of London's 19th-century slums, Constable Tom Churchyard takes himself to Cornwall. Here, in spite of his injuries, he becomes right-hand man to Amos Hawke, now a senior Cornish policeman. His knowledge of the London rogues proves invaluable as Amos seeks to foil a gang of city thieves whose plan is to plunder the mansions of the Cornish gentry. When a brutal murder is committed during their investigations, it proves far more complex than it appeared at first glance ER -