The Rush

''A rip-roaring adventure'' - VASEEM KHAN ''My top read of the year'' - LISA HALL ''Compelling, moving and highly immersive'' - PHILIPPA EAST Gold fever has taken him. I believe he means to kill me... Canada, 1898. The Gold Rush is on in the frozen wilderness of the Yukon. Fortunes are made as quickly as they''re lost, and Dawson City has become a lawless settlement. In its midst, three women are trying to find their place on the edge of civilisation. Journalist Kate, along with her dog Yukon, has travelled hundreds of miles after receiving a letter from her sister warning that her husband means to kill her. Martha''s hotel and livelihood are under threat from the local strongman, who is set on buying up the town. And down by the river, where gold shimmers from between the rocks, Ellen feels her future slip away as her husband fails to find the fortune they risked so much to seek. When a woman is found murdered, Kate, Martha and Ellen find their lives, fates and fortunes intertwined. But to unmask her killer, they must navigate a desperate land run by dangerous men who will do anything for a glimpse of gold... Rich in its setting and characters, The Rush is a gripping historical crime novel perfect for readers of Stef Penney by way of Kristin Hannah and C Pam Zhang.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Beth Lewis, Lewis Beth
• Verlag: Profile Books
• Inhalt: Buch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 12.06.2025
• Thema: Belletristik > Spannung
• EAN: 9781805223122
• ISBN: 978-1-80522-312-2
• Anzahl Seiten: 400
• Abmessung (Verpackung): 15.2 x 23.4 x 3.2 cm
• Themen: FICTION / Historical / General, FICTION / Crime, Crime & mystery, Historical fiction, Historical crime and mysteries, c 1890 to c 1899, Yukon Territory: Klondike Region