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The infamous Siege of Sydney Street forms the author’s background to this gripping novel. Luke Pagan, a young ambitious and Russian-speaking police officer is co-opted by the security services to observe Russian revolutionaries who are wanted by the Ochrana, the Tsar’s secret police. It is known they are involved in terrorism, but proof is needed. Robbery, murder, arson, torture and blackmail are rife and an East End jewellers has been ransacked and following a fire in Sydney Street the bodies of two terrorists are found. Pagan and his somewhat unorthodox partner, Joe Narrabone, investigate.

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Born in Lincolnshire, England, Michael Francis Gilbert graduated in law from the University of London in 1937, shortly after which he first spent some time teaching at a prep-school which was followed by six years serving with the Royal Horse Artillery. During World War II he was captured following service in North Africa and Italy, and his prisoner-of-war experiences later leading to the writing of the acclaimed novel 'Death in Captivity' in 1952. After the war, Gilbert worked as a solicitor in London, but his writing continued throughout his legal career and in addition to novels he wrote stage plays and scripts for radio and television. He is, however, best remembered for his novels, which have been described as witty and meticulously-plotted espionage and police procedural thrillers, but which exemplify realism. HRF Keating stated that 'Smallbone Deceased' was amongst the 100 best crime and mystery books ever published. "The plot," wrote Keating, "is in every way as good as those of Agatha Christie at her best: as neatly dovetailed, as inherently complex yet retaining a decent credibility, and as full of cunningly-suggested red herrings." It featured Chief Inspector Hazlerigg, who went on to appear in later novels and short stories, and another series was built around Patrick Petrella, a London based police constable (later promoted) who was fluent in four languages and had a love for both poetry and fine wine. Other memorable characters around which Gilbert built stories included Calder and Behrens. They are elderly but quite amiable agents, who are nonetheless ruthless and prepared to take on tasks too much at the dirty end of the business for their younger colleagues. They are brought out of retirement periodically upon receiving a bank statement containing a code. Much of Michael Gilbert's writing was done on the train as he travelled from home to his office in London: "I always take a latish train to work," he explained in 1980, "and, of course, I go first class. I have no trouble in writing because I prepare a thorough synopsis beforehand.". After retirement from the law, however, he nevertheless continued and also reviewed for 'The Daily Telegraph', as well as editing 'The Oxford Book of Legal Anecdotes'. Gilbert was appointed CBE in 1980. Generally regarded as 'one of the elder statesmen of the British crime writing fraternity', he was a founder-member of the British Crime Writers' Association and in 1988 he was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America, before receiving the Lifetime 'Anthony' Achievement award at the 1990 Boucheron in London. Michael Gilbert died in 2006, aged ninety three, and was survived by his wife and their two sons and five daughters.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ House of Stratus; New edition (November 12, 2011)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 208 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0755105397
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0755105397
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9.2 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.31 x 0.47 x 8.07 inches

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Michael Gilbert's books can always be relied on for an excellent read. Well crafted, interesting and fascinating. Great to keep on my Kindle to read again and again.

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The highly visible presence of political exiles and Jewish refugees from Imperial Russia was a notable feature of turn of the century London. Their visible presence was also a volatile one, as exiles and imperial operatives waged operations and counter-operations on English soil, occasionally culminating in spectacular crimes. Indeed, at various points, Lenin, Stalin, Trotsky, and Gorky all lived in Whitechapel. Joseph Conrad used this backdrop to initiate the modern spy novel with his 1907 book The Secret Agent, which he based on an anarchist plot to blow up the Greenwich Observatory in 1894. Gilbert sets his brief police procedural in 1911 amidst these budding Bolsheviks and well-armed anarchists, with the Siege of Sidney Street as his historical touchstone.
Luke and Joe are two young London policemen originally from the same rural village who are getting their feet wet in the big city. Following the real life murder of a policeman during a sensational robbery of a jewelry store by an anarchist gang and the subsequent media event of the Siege of Sidney Street, the duo are assigned to the task force put together to watch the Russian émigré community and track down its dangerous elements. (Here, Donald Rumbleow's 1988 book The Houndsditch Murders and the Siege of Sidney Street seems to have been a main reference work.) Their efforts, sometimes bumbling, sometimes crafty, often lucky, are interspersed with policy discussions of their superiors and Home Secretary Winston Churchill, as the government attempts to maintain rule of law.
While from a historical point of view, it is important to understand the constraints the police worked under at the time-most notably being outgunned-the mix of high policy and ground-level footwork doesn't come together particularly well. There are altogether too many mid and senior level policemen characters whose comings and going distract from the story. Many of the bad guys are based on real figures, and in some cases real names are used-although it should be noted that the real life Sidney Street gang was Latvian. Gilbert has obviously studied the period in great detail, and brings it to life, but the story remains disappointingly flat given the exotic material he has to work with. Most of the book is set in London's East End, and as it's geography plays an integral role in the story, one wishes the publisher had included a map or two of the area.

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