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The river knows
From: Derby Evening Telegraph
Date: 20070707
Author:
By: Amanda Quick.
publisher: Piatkus Books (paperback).
price: pounds10.99.
review: Zena Hawley.
rating: n n n n n
AN interesting foray into the Victorian detective novel written in the modern day.
Although it is no Arthur Conan Doyle or Wilkie Collins, the book has a quaintness about it and enough suspense to commend it.
The heroine, Louisa Bryce, who has a mysterious past, sets out to right the wrongs that have befallen her.
In the course of her investigations, she falls prey to the charm of Anthony Stalbridge to whom she loses her virginity.
They pursue a common goal in bringing Mr ...
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