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Death By The Thames- Gretta Mulrooney- Crime

Toni is about to leave for her wedding when there is a knock on the door. Her

fiance Sam has been found dead, apparently having driven his beloved

motorbike and side car into the Thames with a young passenger and has sent

Toni a suicide text. Toni doesnt believe this and employs a private eye- Tyrone

Swift to find out more as the police appear satisfied with the suicide theory.

Toni believes Sam would never be with an underage girl and was looking

forward to the wedding- what on earth happened?

I quickly got into this, there was just something about it. An air of mystery

and the development of a character that grew on me as the pages turned.

A tenacity for the truth and 

This is one of a series but happily stands alone (I hadn't read any of the

others) A complex case with lots of characters that has been cleverly

thought out. An interesting in depth read. 

For more reviews please see my blog http://nickibookblog.blogspot.co.uk/

or follow me on Twitter@nickisbookblog

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Death by the Thames by Gretta Mulrooney Looking for your next unputdownable mystery? Meet Detective Tyrone Swift. He takes the cases that the police have given up on.   One dead bridegroom.   Financier Sam Goddard never made it down the aisle. Instead, his body is pulled from the Thames. Everyone says he rode his bike into the water. And he didn’t die alone . . .   A teen tearaway with a taste for older men. Riding in his sidecar, there’s an underage girl. On his phone, a text. So sorry to do this to you . . .The police know a suicide pact when they see one, and as far as they’re concerned, it’s case closed. But Toni — Sam’s grieving fiancée — can’t believe it’s true. Desperate to uncover the truth about Sam’s death, she turns to Tyrone Swift for answers.But is she prepared for the killer secrets he’s about to unearth? Death by the Thames is a seamlessly crafted, twisty crime thriller that will have you gripped from start to pulsating finish.

  Perfect for fans of Joy Ellis, Tana French, Val McDermid, Robert Galbraith, Ann Cleeves, Jane Adams or Elly Griffiths.   WHAT READERS ARE SAYING ABOUT GRETTA MULROONEY:   “An exceptional read.” Carole  “5 Stars — Brilliant.” Barbara  “A really page-turning book.” Viv  “I really love this series.” Hannelore  “Mulrooney has a real gift for dialogue, the words and phrases ring true and make her characters wonderfully real . . . A tenderly funny and genuinely moving piece. I loved it.” Fiona Morrow, Time Out, on Araby  “A beautifully observed study of reconciliation, Araby makes astute points about conflict and shifting values between generations.” James Eve, The Times, on Araby   THE DETECTIVE Tyrone Swift is an ex-police detective who now works privately. He’s survived a stabbing and his fiancée running off with another man. Swift's personal life is complicated, to say the least.   THE AUTHOR Gretta Mulrooney is a critically acclaimed author of bestselling fiction.   THE TYRONE SWIFT DETECTIVE SERIES Book 1: THE LADY VANISHED Book 2: BLOOD SECRETS Book 3: TWO LOVERS, SIX DEATHS Book 4: WATCHING YOU Book 5: LOW LAKE Book 6: YOUR LAST LIE Book 7: HER LOST SISTER Book 8: MURDER IN PEMBROKESHIRE Book 9: DEATH BY THE THAMES




GRETTA MULROONEY Gretta Mulrooney was born in London of Irish parents and did an English degree in Derry. She has been published for over twenty-five years; children's books, short stories, literary fiction which won critical acclaim and crime fiction. She has also written for the BBC and Radio Four. Gretta has always been an avid reader of crime fiction and decided, in retirement, to turn to crime. She has written seven novels featuring a London based private detective, Tyrone Swift: She has also started a new police-based series featuring DI Siv Drummond, set in the fictional Sussex town of Berminster. BOOKS BY GRETTA MULROONEY THE TYRONE SWIFT DETECTIVE SERIES: THE LADY VANISHED BLOOD SECRETS TWO LOVERS, SIX DEATHS WATCHING YOU LOW LAKE YOUR LAST LIE HER LOST SISTER THE COMPLETE TYRONE SWIFT MYSTERY BOX SET DETECTIVE INSPECTOR SIV DRUMMOND THESE LITTLE LIES NEVER CAME HOME STANDALONE NOVELS: OUT OF THE BLUE LOST CHILD COMING OF AGE FOLLOW GRETTA ON AUTHOR WEBSITE FACEBOOK GOODREADS



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