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The Head In The Ice
The Head In The Ice: Death is just the beginning | Richard James
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Winter, 1892.
A woman’s head found in the River Thames.
Battling with feelings of guilt over his wife’s death - and having spent time recovering in an asylum - Detective Inspector George Bowman must join his colleagues, Sergeant Graves and Inspector Hicks, to discover the woman’s identity.
A deal struck with the editor of the Evening Standard to follow the investigation from within turns sour following a botched ambush on a suspect’s lair.
A false identification, a doomed visit to a Spiritualist Meeting and Graves' investigations into a ship called Nimrod all serve to bring Bowman closer to a revelation.
The investigation unfolds, but Graves and Hicks grow increasingly concerned at Bowman’s mental state.
A chase across the frozen streets of London leads to a final confrontation on the waters of The Thames, where Bowman must face the demons that haunt him to catch the killer
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Discovering 'Bowman of the Yard' by chance, The Head in the Ice is the first in a series of four books. As anticipated the story begins with the discovery of a severed head in the ice. What I didn't anticipate was how good this Victorian police procedural would be. Every few pages there was a new and usually shocking revelation. With larger than life characters and descriptive text that surpassed my expectations, it was an incredibly good read.

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The books shown in the picture, which are being delivered Tuesday, will be some of my next reads.These are in addition to the books obtained from the Library.