River of Darkness
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In Rennie Airth's River of Darkness it is 1921 and a terrible discovery has been made at a manor house in Surrey – the bloodied bodies of Colonel Fletcher, his wife and two of their staff. The victims have all been stabbed and the lack of disturbance in the house suggests that the attack was one of terrifying speed.The Surrey police force seem ready to put the murders down to robbery with violence, but Detective Inspector Madden from Scotland Yard sees things slightly differently. For he has experienced the horrors of World War I and has seen madness at first hand. And he is certain this crime has been perpetrated by a psychopath who will strike again . . . and soon.Enjoy more of this historical crime series with The Blood Dimmed Tide and The Dead of Winter.
CONTRIBUTORS: Rennie Airth
EAN: 9781447271628
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
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WEIGHT: 368 g
HEIGHT: 197 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Pan Macmillan
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GENRE: FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Police Procedural, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Historical, FICTION / Thrillers / Crime, FICTION / Thrillers / Historical, FICTION / Crime
WIDTH: 130 cm
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Surrey, c 1920 to c 1929, Historical crime and mysteries, Crime and mystery: police procedural
One of the most gripping thrillers I have ever read., If only every golden age crime novel could be as good as this.
Rennie Airth was born in South Africa and has worked as a foreign correspondent for Reuters. The first novel in his John Madden series, River of Darkness, was published in 1999 to huge critical acclaim, was shortlisted for four crime fiction awards and won the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière in France. River of Darkness was followed by The Blood-Dimmed Tide, the CWA Ellis Peters Award shortlisted The Dead of Winter and The Reckoning.
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In Rennie Airth's River of Darkness it is 1921 and a terrible discovery has been made at a manor house in Surrey – the bloodied bodies of Colonel Fletcher, his wife and two of their staff. The victims have all been stabbed and the lack of disturbance in the house suggests that the attack was one of terrifying speed.The Surrey police force seem ready to put the murders down to robbery with violence, but Detective Inspector Madden from Scotland Yard sees things slightly differently. For he has experienced the horrors of World War I and has seen madness at first hand. And he is certain this crime has been perpetrated by a psychopath who will strike again . . . and soon.Enjoy more of this historical crime series with The Blood Dimmed Tide and The Dead of Winter.
CONTRIBUTORS: Rennie Airth
EAN: 9781447271628
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
PAGES:
WEIGHT: 368 g
HEIGHT: 197 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Pan Macmillan
DATE PUBLISHED:
CITY:
GENRE: FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Police Procedural, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Historical, FICTION / Thrillers / Crime, FICTION / Thrillers / Historical, FICTION / Crime
WIDTH: 130 cm
SPINE:
Book Themes:
Surrey, c 1920 to c 1929, Historical crime and mysteries, Crime and mystery: police procedural
Rennie Airth was born in South Africa and has worked as a foreign correspondent for Reuters. The first novel in his John Madden series, River of Darkness, was published in 1999 to huge critical acclaim, was shortlisted for four crime fiction awards and won the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière in France. River of Darkness was followed by The Blood-Dimmed Tide, the CWA Ellis Peters Award shortlisted The Dead of Winter and The Reckoning.
