River of Darkness

Rennie Airth

Original title: River of darkness

first published 1999 Thorndike Press, 2000 600 pages

Thorndike large print mystery series

Upon its original publication, River of Darkness awed readers who look for intelligent, well-plotted psychological mysteries. This "fine, frightening piece of work" (Kirkus Reviews) introduces inspector John Madden who, in the years following World War I, is sent to a small village to investigate a particularly gruesome attack. The local police dismiss the slaughter as a botched robbery, but Madden detects the signs...

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River of Darkness ebook · 2009 · Penguin USA, Inc. · 9781101111857
River of darkness paperback · 2009 · Penguin Canada · 448 pages · 9780143171003
River of Darkness edition · 2005 · Penguin (Non-Classics) · 448 pages · 9780143035701
River of Darkness audiobook · 2003 · Recorded Books · 9781841973838
River of darkness edition · 2000 · Thorndike Press · 600 pages
River of darkness edition · 1999 · Viking · 386 pages

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