Apothecary John Rawlings is intrigued when a letter arrives asking him to investigate an impostor claiming to be the long-lost step-son of a wealthy Bristol merchant in possession of his dead wife's diamond inheritance. John Rawlings' father, Sir Gabriel Kent joins him on the trip to take the healin
Death on the River Thames (John Rawlings Book 17)
β Scribed by Deryn Lake
- Book ID
- 110597262
- Publisher
- Lume Books
- Year
- 2022
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 191 KB
- Series
- John Rawlings Book 17
- Category
- Fiction
- ASIN
- B09TBGPGS9
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
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?
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