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John Rawlings has returned to his beloved London after spending time in America where revolutionary trouble is dangerously brewing.
Having made a substantial sum selling carbonated water, Rawlings buys a country house situated on the banks of the Thames in Strand-on-the-Green in Chiswick.
But one morning a small child falls into the river, and John, witnessing her rescue, hears her say she did not fall but was pushed.
Not long after he is at the theatre with his daughter Rose when a woman is lowered by her ankles from the Slips… As he goes to her aid John Rawlings gets the feeling that some deadly mystery is about to unfold.
Could the two incidents possibly be connected?
Join John Rawlings and his friends as they make their way through the streets of Georgian London, chasing the bad lads, solving mysteries, sipping claret, and dancing at the fabulous balls with the Bon Ton.
'Newcomers and devoted fans will delight in the period detail, excellent mystery and well-drawn characters' - Kirkus Reviews
Deryn Lake started to write stories at the age of five then graduated to novels but destroyed all her early work because, she says, it was hopeless. A chance meeting with one of the Getty family took her to Sutton Place and her first serious novel was born. Deryn was married to a journalist and writer, the late L.F. Lampitt, has two grown-up children and lives in Mayfield, Sussex, with two large cats. She is also the author of Fortune’s Soldier, Sutton Place, To Sleep No More, The King’s Women, and Pour The Dark Wine.
Genre: Historical Mystery
Having made a substantial sum selling carbonated water, Rawlings buys a country house situated on the banks of the Thames in Strand-on-the-Green in Chiswick.
But one morning a small child falls into the river, and John, witnessing her rescue, hears her say she did not fall but was pushed.
Not long after he is at the theatre with his daughter Rose when a woman is lowered by her ankles from the Slips… As he goes to her aid John Rawlings gets the feeling that some deadly mystery is about to unfold.
Could the two incidents possibly be connected?
Join John Rawlings and his friends as they make their way through the streets of Georgian London, chasing the bad lads, solving mysteries, sipping claret, and dancing at the fabulous balls with the Bon Ton.
Praise for Death on the River Thames:
'Newcomers and devoted fans will delight in the period detail, excellent mystery and well-drawn characters' - Kirkus Reviews
Deryn Lake started to write stories at the age of five then graduated to novels but destroyed all her early work because, she says, it was hopeless. A chance meeting with one of the Getty family took her to Sutton Place and her first serious novel was born. Deryn was married to a journalist and writer, the late L.F. Lampitt, has two grown-up children and lives in Mayfield, Sussex, with two large cats. She is also the author of Fortune’s Soldier, Sutton Place, To Sleep No More, The King’s Women, and Pour The Dark Wine.
Genre: Historical Mystery
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