Under a Veiled Moon
Inspector Corravan #2
Karen Odden
Reviewed by Helen
I have been looking forward to the next book in this series and was not disappointed, Karen Odden has taken me on another fabulous journey back in time with Michael Corravan and his remarkable sleuthing to uncover the truth when hundreds are people are killed in a major boating accident.
September 1878 and the pleasure boat The Princess Alice is making her way along the Thames with hundreds of passengers when she collides with a huge iron hulled collier The Bywell Castle over five hundred passengers and some crew are killed this night, a huge maritime disaster and the fingers are starting to point towards the Irish Republican Brotherhood as the perpetrators as they fight for restoring Irish Home Rule.
The newspapers are running stories with blame on the IRB stirring up trouble and Inspector Corravan must sort through the facts that he finds to find the true answers, this is not always made easy seeing as how he is Irish himself, add to that the trouble that is growing in his old home town of Whitechapel where there are now guns on the ground and people being killed, it is like the Irish against the Irish as the gangs fight for control. Corravan is pulled into this as well with his closeness to The Doyle family mostly young Colin who is linked to the gangs and Corravan must do his best to keep Colin safe and uncover the truth about the guns and the Princess Alice disaster, are they linked?
Corravan is working harder than ever when he uncovers links to members of parliament, with the help of his other officers Styles and Trent as well as his girlfriend Belinda who discovers a link to the newspaper accounts and accusations Corravan soon puts everything together and discovers the truth.
This is compelling reading, MS Oden has bought all of these characters to life on the pages and pulled me into this fabulous story that had me turning the pages, I love the way Corravan works through the clues and puts it all together he is an awesome inspector and I can’t highly recommend this story and series enough, bring on the next one I say I can’t wait for it. A must read,
My thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for my copy to read and review.
September 1878 and the pleasure boat The Princess Alice is making her way along the Thames with hundreds of passengers when she collides with a huge iron hulled collier The Bywell Castle over five hundred passengers and some crew are killed this night, a huge maritime disaster and the fingers are starting to point towards the Irish Republican Brotherhood as the perpetrators as they fight for restoring Irish Home Rule.
The newspapers are running stories with blame on the IRB stirring up trouble and Inspector Corravan must sort through the facts that he finds to find the true answers, this is not always made easy seeing as how he is Irish himself, add to that the trouble that is growing in his old home town of Whitechapel where there are now guns on the ground and people being killed, it is like the Irish against the Irish as the gangs fight for control. Corravan is pulled into this as well with his closeness to The Doyle family mostly young Colin who is linked to the gangs and Corravan must do his best to keep Colin safe and uncover the truth about the guns and the Princess Alice disaster, are they linked?
Corravan is working harder than ever when he uncovers links to members of parliament, with the help of his other officers Styles and Trent as well as his girlfriend Belinda who discovers a link to the newspaper accounts and accusations Corravan soon puts everything together and discovers the truth.
This is compelling reading, MS Oden has bought all of these characters to life on the pages and pulled me into this fabulous story that had me turning the pages, I love the way Corravan works through the clues and puts it all together he is an awesome inspector and I can’t highly recommend this story and series enough, bring on the next one I say I can’t wait for it. A must read,
My thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for my copy to read and review.
5 stars
- October 11, 2022
