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The River Runs Black

by Tessa Wegert

A drug investigation along the Thousand Islands

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A drug investigation along the Thousand Islands

Set in Alexandria Bay and New York’s Thousand Islands, the novel centers on an investigation into drug activity after a teenager dies of an overdose. A major seizure near the Canadian border initially seems like a significant break, but lab results show that the cocaine in the bust is different from the drug that caused the death. Investigator Tim Wellington and his team are left tracing a network whose presence is difficult to pin down, with the possibility of further danger to local young people. The police-procedural premise connects a border-region investigation with the consequences of drugs circulating in a small waterfront community.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • For readers of police procedurals and crime mysteries.
  • For readers interested in investigations involving drug networks and border regions.
  • For readers seeking a mystery set in a small town in New York’s Thousand Islands.

Themes

Drug traffickingPolice investigationCommunity safetyBorder-region crime

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Book overview

James Patterson meets Louise Penny: New York's Thousand Islands are set to lose their battle against drugs in this pulse-pounding police procedural from acclaimed author Tessa Wegert.

"An edge-of-your-seat mystery" (Booklist on In the Bones)

A small town on the water where things aren't as perfect as they look . . .

After the recent death of a teenager by overdose, a record drug seizure along the Canadian border is a game changer for New York State's criminal investigation team. The detectives are relieved that the haul will never make it to the idyllic small-town streets of Alexandria Bay.

But drugs are still circulating, and the lab results confirm it: the cocaine that killed the teenager and the cocaine from the bust are not the same.

Investigator Tim Wellington and his team seem to be chasing a network of ghosts who use the North Country as their criminal playground.

How long will it be until another Thousand Islands youth becomes not just a victim, but a target? Because the dangerous players won't shy away from violence when protecting their valuable goods--even if it means gambling with innocent lives . . .

This twisty mystery coupled with heart-pounding suspense will appeal to fans of the Chief Inspector Gamache Mysteries and the Alex Cross thrillers, as well as books by Meg Gardiner, Ann Cleeves, and Ruth Ware.

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