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THE RIVER OF FIRE
Fiction (Thriller) 373 pages
Quercus - March 1, 2012
Wapping, London: March 1799. A sunken lugger in the Pool of London at last reveals its shocking secret. River Surveyor Tom Pascoe of the Marine Police finds the bodies of two men entombed in the crew's cabin. Suspicion falls on a third member of the crew seen fleeing the scene. He had a known motive for murder. Against the background of a nation at war with Napoleon, Tom Pascoe finds his own life under threat as he digs deeper into the case. He uncovers the existence of French agents whose task is to undermine England's ability to continue the war. In a race against time, Tom's job is further complicated by the presence of a new member of the police crew with a secret of his own...
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THE WATERMEN
Fiction (Thriller) 326 pages
Quercus - March 31, 2011
In the Port of London in the summer of 1798, Tom Pascoe, a River Surveyor with the newly formed Marine Police has orders to trace the reasons for a sudden fall in government revenue that is affecting the nation's ability to prosecute the war against Napoleon.
Working alongside a Jewish immigrant with his own agenda, Tom throws the rule-book out of the window in pursuit of his suspect, an Irishman who controls much of the workforce in the Port of London. And when the two men find themselves involved with the same woman, things get personal.
In a twilight world that borders the Thames, truth becomes the first casualty in an investigation where life is cheap and violence is the common currency. Full of period detail, real life characters, and the driving urgency of a police procedural, THE WATERMEN is a gripping debut from a new voice in historical fiction.
'Patrick Easter is a find. He's written a first-rate historical thriller, particularly memorable for its evocation of the Georgian underworld and the crime-ridden Thames. And it's fortunate for us that there are more to come.' -- Andrew Taylor
'Wonderfully atmospheric. The reek of tar and the creak of timbers rises up from every page. Carries you along on a floodtide of excitement.' -- Rory Clements, author of MARTYR
Biography
Patrick is a former London Police Officer, who served in the Met from 1963 to 1994. He was posted to the River Police in 1967, before leaving on promotion to Sergeant. He left in 1994 as a Chief Inspector to take up journalism. He is now a full-time journalist and writer. THE WATERMEN is his first novel and was published by Quercus in Spring 2011.
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