Blood on the Water

Description

When a pleasure boat erupts in flames on the Thames, Commander William Monk and his River Police crew race to rescue survivors—only to recover nearly two hundred bodies from the wreckage. The tragedy is swiftly entangled in an apparently convenient prosecution, and when the evidence collapses, Monk suspects that political influence and the profits surrounding the newly opened Suez Canal may conceal a far more calculated crime. Joined by his wife, Hester, and the young Scuff, Monk must reconstruct the investigation from the beginning while confronting corruption, prejudice, and powerful interests determined to keep the truth submerged. Set against the teeming Victorian riverfront, this intricately plotted historical mystery combines atmospheric detection with a tense examination of justice, ambition, and institutional power.