River of Darkness
by:
Rennie Airth (author)
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781101110140 (1101110147)
Publish date: May 31st 2005
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 448
Edition language: English
Category:
European Literature,
British Literature,
Historical Fiction,
Mystery,
Detective,
War,
Historical Mystery,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Crime,
Suspense
Series: John Madden (#1)
River of Darkness takes place in England shortly after WWI. Scotland Yard is investigating a murder outside of London and stumbles on a terrifying serial killer - now they have to catch him before he strikes again.I really liked the characters, even though there were a lot of them, I felt like they ...
The effect of WW I on the survivors continues to provide a reservoir of themes for authors of English detective novels. Charles Todd's (actually a mother-son team) Ian Rutledge, a Scottish detective is one example. Rutledge suffers from guilt-ridden hallucinations.Airth's Inspector John Madden is ev...