Montmorency
5 primary works • 6 total works
Book 1
Book 2
Five years after giving up his life of crime in the sewers Montmorency is back in London. But his evil alter ego, Scarper, is back too, pulling him into a dark world of addiction. His old friend and fellow government agent, Lord George Fox-Selwyn, fights to rescue him from disaster, and risks calling in Montmorency's prison doctor, Robert Farcett, to help. However, what should be a rest on a Scottish island throws up another mystery, with the discovery of a row of tiny graves...As Montmorency struggles to regain his health, he is called back to London, where unexplained bomb blasts have reduced the government to despair. Can he and Fox-Selwyn catch the bombers? How far can they bend the rules and still stay on the side of good? Can Doctor Farcett find out why the babies have died? And will Montmorency be able to return to life at the Marimion hotel without falling back into his old ways?
Book 3
As the nineteenth century nears its end, the threat of war is looming and Montmorency and his companions find themselves embroiled in a web of terrorists intent on spreading mayhem across Europe...It's been twenty years since Montmorency crawled out of a sewer and started his new life as a gentleman. But could his alter-ego Scarper re-emerge in the hope of influencing the next generation?
Book 4
Is a criminal mastermind on the loose? Montmorency and his friends are determined to hunt down the terrorists who wrecked their lives. Their search takes them to Italy, Paris and finally back to America, where Montmorency becomes embroiled in an attempt to prevent the assassination of none other than the President of the United States...
Book 4
When a petty thief falls through a glass roof trying to escape the police what should have been the death of him marks the beginning of a whole new life. For he is chosen as a medical guinea pig for the Scientific Society, where he comes into some very interesting information - a map of Sir Joseph Bazalgette's new sewage system. Memorising the system and adopting the affectations of the rich young gentlemen of the Society, the thief uses his knowledge to become the most elusive burglar in Victorian London. From now on, he will have two identities: Scarper - servant and sewer-rat, robbing jewels and making his escape by the underground labyrinth that lies beneath London - and Montmorency - fashionable, wealthy gentleman. But Montmorency's new existence is fraught with danger - can he pull off the transformation and keep his secret safe...?