The Irregular: A Different Class of Spy

The Irregular, Book 1

SPY HUNTER SHORTLISTED FOR THE SPYMASTERS BEST ESPIONAGE NOVEL OF 2025, ALONGSIDE THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW BY I.S. BERRY AND GABRIEL'S MOON BY WILLIAM BOYD

'Irresistible' Guardian

'Impressive' Daily Mail

'Captivating' Mick Herron

Nominated for the 2018 Best First Novel, Barry Award

London, 1909

Captain Kell of the War Office knows the Empire is under threat - from Russia and Germany, from terrorists and anarchists, spies and infiltrators.

But he can't prove it to his superiors. He needs an agent he can trust, someone who knows the street, not the playing fields of Eton.

Kell needs Wiggins. Trained as a child by Kell's old friend Sherlock Holmes, who used to call his little band of urchins the Baker Street Irregulars, Wiggins is now an ex soldier with an expert line in deduction and the cunning of a bare-knuckle fighter.

But he has no wish to be recruited - until he sees a route to taking his sworn revenge on the killer of his best friend.©2017 H. B. Lyle (P)2017 Hodder & Stoughton

Wonderful story

Fresh take. Good narrator. Quite enjoyable. Really wonderful and refreshing addition to both the mystery genre and also a new view of Sherlock Holmes.

So much fun!

Easy and fun listening experience. Looking forward to book 2 and further adventures of Wiggins and Kell.

captivating!

The characters are well developed and the method and skill used to incorporate Wiggins' past and present is seamlessly and expertly written. This ingenious story is perfectly accented and delivered by the narrator and I will look for more works by both author and narrator.

Dashing & Inventive!

I want the world of Sherlock Holmes to live on forever. This new series brings my wish to life. Huzzah!