''Blackstone Underground'' is a 1976

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by the British writer Derek Lambert, published under the

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Richard Falkirk. It is the fifth in a series of six novels featuring Edmund Blackstone, a member of the

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in the pre-

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.Pronzini & Muller p.240 While trying to decide how to rescue a boy sentenced to death from

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, Blackstone is called upon to thwart a gang plotting to rob the

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* Bill Pronzini & Marcia Muller. ''1001 Midnights: The Aficionado's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction''. Arbor House, 1986. 1976 British novels Novels by Derek Lambert British historical novels British thriller novels Novels set in London Novels set in the 1820s Methuen Publishing books {{1970s-thriller-novel-stub