Karen Odden Boeken

In September 1878, the pleasure boat Princess Alice collides with the Bywell Castle, resulting in the worst maritime disaster in London’s history, with only 130 of the 600 passengers surviving. Initial evidence suggests sabotage by the Irish Republican Brotherhood, who advocate for violence to achieve Irish Home Rule. Inspector Michael Corravan, an Irishman adopted by the Doyle family, faces a complex investigation. Accused of ignoring the obvious, he is also criticized by his Irish friends for not adhering to their views. Corravan is determined to uncover the truth, aware that blaming the IRB could jeopardize hopes for Home Rule. His challenge deepens with the involvement of Colin Doyle, the youngest member of the family, who has joined a violent gang led by James McCabe. As tensions rise in Whitechapel, Corravan negotiates with McCabe to protect Colin, unaware of the resentment Colin harbors against him. As the media ties the IRB to more incidents, London teeters on the brink of chaos. With the assistance of his colleague Mr. Stiles and friend Belinda Gale, Corravan is driven to reveal a disturbing truth that will challenge his beliefs about his countrymen, the law, and his own identity.

After two women turn up dead in different boats floating down the Thames in 1878 London, Inspector Michael Corravan tries to find connections between the two and determine the killer's identity, in the first novel of a new series

This dazzling new Victorian mystery from USA Today bestselling author Karen Odden introduces readers to Nell Hallam, a determined young pianist who stumbles upon the operations of a notorious-and deadly-crime ring while illicitly working as the piano player in a Soho music hall.

A young painter digs beneath the veneer of Victorian London's art world to learn the truth behind her brother's murder... Edwin is dead. That's what Inspector Matthew Hallam of Scotland Yard tells Annabel Rowe when she discovers him searching her brother's flat for clues. While the news is shocking, Annabel can't say it's wholly unexpected, given Edwin's past as a dissolute risk-taker and art forger, although he swore he'd reformed. After years spent blaming his reckless behavior for their parents' deaths, Annabel is now faced with the question of who murdered him-because Edwin's death was both violent and deliberate. A valuable French painting he'd been restoring for an auction house is missing from his studio: find the painting, find the murderer. But the owner of the artwork claims it was destroyed in a warehouse fire years ago. As a painter at the prestigious Slade School of Art and as Edwin's closest relative, Annabel makes the case that she is crucial to Matthew's investigation. But in their search for the painting, Matthew and Annabel trace a path of deceit and viciousness that reaches far beyond the elegant rooms of the auction house, into an underworld of politics, corruption, and secrets someone will kill to keep