Awards ? Nominee (2009) - Shamus Award - (Paperback Original) Finalist (2009) - Oklahoma Book Award - (Fiction) Contributor(s): Author: Will Thomas When an Italian assassin\'s body is found floating in a barrel in Victorian London\'s East End, enquiry agent Cyrus Barker and his assistant Thomas Llewelyn are called in to investigate.
Soon corpses begin to appear all over London, each accompanied by a Maf ia Black Hand note..
Awards ? Nominee (2009) - Shamus Award - (Paperback Original) Finalist (2009) - Oklahoma Book Award - (Fiction) Contributor(s): Author: Will Thomas When an Italian assassin\'s body is found floating in a barrel in Victorian London\'s East End, enquiry agent Cyrus Barker and his assistant Thomas Llewelyn are called in to investigate