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 leads 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.
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