{"product_id":"9781639107230","title":"Down a Dark River","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn the vein of C. S. Harris and Anne Perry, Karen Odden’s  mystery introduces Inspector Michael Corravan as he investigates a  string of vicious murders that has rocked Victorian London’s upper  crust.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLondon, 1878.\u003c\/b\u003e One April  morning, a small boat bearing a young woman’s corpse floats down the  murky waters of the Thames. When the victim is identified as Rose  Albert, daughter of a prominent judge, the Scotland Yard director gives  the case to Michael Corravan, one of the only Senior Inspectors  remaining after a corruption scandal the previous autumn left the  division in ruins. Reluctantly, Corravan abandons his ongoing case, a  search for the missing wife of a shipping magnate, handing it over to  his young colleague, Mr. Stiles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn Irish former bare-knuckles  boxer and dockworker from London’s seedy East End, Corravan has good  street sense and an inspector’s knack for digging up clues. But he’s  confounded when, a week later, a second woman is found dead in a  rowboat, and then a third. The dead women seem to have no connection  whatsoever. Meanwhile, Mr. Stiles makes an alarming discovery: the  shipping magnate’s missing wife, Mrs. Beckford, may not have fled her  house because she was insane, as her husband claims, and Mr. Beckford  may not be the successful man of business that he appears to be.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSlowly,  it becomes clear that the river murders and the case of Mrs. Beckford  may be linked through some terrible act of injustice in the past—for  which someone has vowed a brutal vengeance. Now, with the newspapers  once again trumpeting the Yard’s failures, Corravan must dredge up the  truth—before London devolves into a state of panic and before the killer  claims another innocent victim.","brand":"Karen Odden","offers":[{"title":"CROOKED LANE BOOKS |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2024-02-20","offer_id":44663131767039,"sku":"9781639107230","price":28.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_dfb048b3-6fc0-4d54-8ce8-4b45c82e8901.jpg?v=1704574469","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781639107230","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}