Book description
The Frozen River Thames gives up its secrets
Christmas, 1669. In the grip of the coldest winter for years, the
Thames is frozen from bank to bank and London celebrates with the
traditional Frost Fair held on its broad back. Among the throng are
Christopher Redmayne, an ambitious young architect, and his good
friend, Constable Jonathan Bale. But the pair make a chilling
discovery: the frozen corpse of a naked man embedded in the ice.
Christopher is further drawn into the mystery when his own brother
is accused of the murder. With his brother facing execution, the
architect must risk all he holds dear, both professionally and
personally, to uncover the truth.
Edward Marston was born and brought up in South Wales. A full-time
writer for over thirty years, he has worked in radio, film, television
and the theatre and is a former chairman of the Crime Writers'
Association. Prolific and highly successful, he is equally at home
writing children's books or literary criticism, plays or biographies.
The Repentant Rake is the third book in the series featuring
architect Christopher Redmayne and the Puritan Constable Jonathan
Bale, set in Restoration London.
