James McGee is an English novelist known for his historical adventure novels about a fictional Bow Street Runner, Matthew Hawkwood.
James McGee was born in Kent, but, as an army child, spent his childhood in Gibraltar, Germany and Northern Ireland.
He is called upon to solve a number of civil crimes, including murder, body-snatching and highway robbery, but his previous military experience makes him ably suited to investigate issues of national security.
With Wellington's intervention, he was spared a court-martial, and joined the Spanish Guerrilleros, liaising with the British intelligence officer Colquhoun Grant.
[1] Some reviewers also see Hawkwood as the Regency version of Jack Reacher the hero of a series of books written by the British author Lee Child.