Down a Dark River

In 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. London, 1878. 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.