The Waterfall - by Gareth Rubin (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

FOUR STORIES. FOUR ERAS. ONE INGENIOUSLY INTERCONNECTED MYSTERY.

From the internationally bestselling author of The Turnglass comes a beguiling and intricately constructed mystery spanning four centuries and four distinct crime traditions - from Shakespearean murder mystery and nineteenth-century Gothic to Golden Age detection and 1940s American noir.

The novel begins with the last testament of William Shakespeare, as he investigates the real-life murder of his friend and fellow playwright Christopher Marlowe.

In the nineteenth century, Shakespeare's manuscript is discovered at an isolated former priory, now a clinic for those who cannot sleep.

In 1920s Venice, private investigator Honora Feldman investigates a baffling case of theft and murder within the British expatriate community - with the Gothic manuscript at its heart.

Finally, in 1940s California, Ken Kourian discovers that a serial killer is recreating the murders in The Waterfall, the companion volume to his friend Oliver Tooke's The Turnglass.

The Waterfall is an ambitious, immersive and highly commercial mystery that confirms Gareth Rubin as one of the most original crime writers working today.

Review Quotes

'Vivid, resonant, melancholy and beautiful' Janice Hallett

'Factoring in Rubin's careful attention to the language of the different eras, this is something special. It's absorbing, funny and topped off with a slice of genius.' The Sunday Independent

'Original, intricate and so clever' Platinum magazine

'With links to Rubin's first novel, The Turnglass, there's something very beguiling about this very special read' The Belfast Telegraph

About the Author

Gareth Rubin is the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Turnglass. His other books include Holmes and Moriarty, a new Sherlock Holmes novel endorsed by the Conan Doyle Estate; Liberation Square, a thriller set in Soviet-occupied London; and The Winter Agent, a thriller set in Paris in 1944. He lives in London and writes about social affairs, travel and the arts for British newspapers.