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River of Darkness
Rennie Airth
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Description for River of Darkness
Paperback. The award-winning first novel in this outstanding historical crime series featuring John Madden - now with a stunning new look. Series: Inspector Madden Series. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 142 x 36. Weight in Grams: 400.
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Series
Inspector Madden Series
Condition
New
Number of Pages
560
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781447271628
SKU
V9781447271628
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50
About Rennie Airth
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 ... Read more
Reviews for River of Darkness
One of the most gripping thrillers I have ever read.
Country Life
If only every golden age crime novel could be as good as this.
Independent on Sunday
Country Life
If only every golden age crime novel could be as good as this.
Independent on Sunday