In the vein of C. S. Harris and Anne Perry Karen Oddens mystery introduces Inspector Michael Corravan as he investigates a string of vicious murders that has rocked Victorian Londons upper crust. London 1878. One April morning a small boat bearing a young womans corpse floats down the murky waters of the Thames. When the victim is identified as Rose Albert daughter of a prominent judge the Scotland Yard director gives the case to Michael Corravan one of the only Senior Inspectors remaining after