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The Blood Dimmed Tide (Inspector Madden series, 2) - Softcover

Book 2 of 6: John Madden Mysteries

Airth, Rennie

 
9780333904107: The Blood Dimmed Tide (Inspector Madden series, 2)

Synopsis

It is 1932 and John Madden, former Scotland Yard Inspector, is now a farmer in the peaceful Surrey countryside. Peaceful, that is, until he discovers the mutilated body of a small girl, Alice Bridger, hidden in a wood. Uneasy at the direction of police enquiries and convinced the killer has struck before, he quietly begins his own investigation. When a second body is found Madden's instinct is proved right - there is a multiple killer at large, and he has been covering his tracks for a number of years. The investigation leads Madden to Germany in the autumn of 1932. To a country where the Nazis are on the brink of power . . .

Praise for River of Darkness:

'If only every golden age crime novel could be as good as this' Independent on Sunday

'A talent that promises great things for the future' Val McDermid

'I doubt that there will be a better crime thriller this year or next' The Oldie

'An outstanding book' Scotsman

'A superior novel of psychological tension that rises well above its formula.' The Times

'One of the most gripping thrillers I have ever read.' Country Life

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About the Author

Rennie Airth was born in South Africa and has worked as a foreign correspondent for Reuters. The first novel in his John Madden series, River of Darkness, was published in 1999 to huge critical acclaim, was shortlisted for four crime fiction awards and won the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière in France. River of Darkness was followed by The Blood-Dimmed Tide, the CWA Ellis Peters Award shortlisted The Dead of Winter and The Reckoning.

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