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The river Thames takes center stage in Fowler's 13th "Peculiar Crimes Unit" adventure (after The Burning Man) when the drowned corpse of a young woman is found chained to a post along the shoreline. Because only the victim's footsteps are found at the scene, Arthur Bryant, one of the unit's elderly lead detectives and a connoisseur of London's arcane history, initially considers the cause of death to be suicide as part of some sort of rebirthing ritual. But Arthur has b...Log In or Sign Up to Read More