Today we are heading back in time for an alternative Victorian mystery!
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This book is unlike anything I have ever read before, in a good way. Captain Charles Maddox was exiled to serve in the army, to pay for crimes that he committed, but returned early, entering London under a false name to try and see his ailing father. A raid, arrest and jailbreak later, he is working for an agency calling themselves the Map Room for his pardon. The Map Room have a directive for him to work, to investigate Jack the Ripper. New information has come up, which might suggest the Ripper is two people working together, not one.
This book is exciting, with a mystery that will keep you guessing and enough twists to make you unable to guess what will happen next. Charles was a fabulous character, and he took on his new role as agent Sterling wonderfully. I thought he was incredibly skilled to be able to do so without a hitch, and his adventures are gripping.
This novel is an alternative historical story, so while the characters are living in the Victorian era, they have computers, airships and the like. This made for an interesting combination of history and the modern-day. This merge was both fun and carried out incredibly well.
I loved every second of this novel. It was packed full of action and mystery and the world it is set in draws you in. The pages simply couldn’t turn quickly enough.
It is 1896. In an alternative history where Babbage’s difference engines have become commonplace, Captain Charles Maddox, wrongly convicted of a murder and newly arrested for treason, is rescued from execution by a covert agency called the Map Room.
Maddox is given the choice of taking his chances with the authorities or joining the Map Room as an agent and helping them uncover a possible conspiracy surrounding the 1888 Ripper murders. Seeing little choice, Maddox accepts the offer and joins the team of fellow agents Church and Green. With help from the Map Room team, Maddox (now Agent Sterling) and Church investigate the Ripper murders and uncover a closely guarded conspiracy deep within the British Government. Success depends on the two of them quickly forging a successful partnership as agents and following the trail wherever, and to whomever, it leads.
An espionage thriller set in an alternative late 19th-century London.
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Tim Standish grew up in England, Scotland and Egypt. Following a degree in Psychology, his career has included teaching English in Spain, working as a researcher on an early computer games project, and working with groups and individuals on business planning, teamworking and personal development.
He has travelled extensively throughout his life and has always valued the importance of a good book to get through long flights and long waits in airports. With a personal preference for historical and science fiction as well as the occasional thriller, he had an idea for a book that would blend all three and The Sterling Directive was created.
When not working or writing, Tim enjoys long walks under big skies and is never one to pass up a jaunt across a field in search of an obscure historic site. He has recently discovered the more-exciting-than-you-would-think world of overly-complicated board games.
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