The River of Fire

Informationen zum Autor Patrick Easter was a police officer in the Met for thirty years and during that time was part of the Marine Police force. On retirement, he became a successful journalist writing both for technical journals and the national press. His stint with the Marine Police coupled with a love of 18th Century history make him the perfect author for this subject. Klappentext "It is March 1799. A sunken lugger in the Pool of London reveals a grisly secret: The bodies of two men entombed in the crew cabin. Suspicion falls on a third member of the crew seen fleeing the scene. He had a known motive for murder. Against the background of a nation at war with Napoleon, River Surveyor Tom Pascoe finds his own life under threat as he digs deeper into the case. He uncovers the existence of French agents in London whose task is to strike a deadly blow to the heart of the capital and undermine England ability to continue the war. Tom job is further complicated by the presence of a new member of the police crew with a shocking secret of his own"--It is March 1799, and a sunken lugger in the Pool of London has just revealed a grisly secret.

Product details

• Authors: Patrick Easter, Easter Patrick
• Publisher: Quercus Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 01.03.2013
• EAN: 9780857380593
• ISBN: 978-0-85738-059-3
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 198 mm x 28 mm
• Series: Tom Pascoe; Tom Pascoe
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General, FICTION / Historical / General, Historical adventure, Historical adventure fiction