The River's Edge

Memphis, Tennessee, 1863.

The Union Army occupies the city, but peace is nowhere in sight. Along the Mississippi River, fortunes are made through cotton, loyalties shift with the tides of war, and newly freed men and women struggle to claim lives of their own.

When a young Union officer is found murdered, the crime exposes far more than a single death. Hidden beneath the city's uneasy surface lies a web of corruption, ambition, and dangerous secrets—secrets powerful men will do anything to protect.

Ordered to investigate, Elias Aronson, a Manhattan lawyer serving at Fort Pickering, finds himself drawn into Memphis's tangled world of soldiers, speculators, freed men and women, and spies. To uncover the truth, he joins forces with Lydia Owens, a determined widow who has come South to teach the newly freed.

As their search leads them deeper into the city's shadows, Elias and Lydia discover that the murder is only the beginning. In a place where love can be forbidden, justice can be bought, and trust can be deadly, the truth may cost more than either of them is prepared to pay.

The River’s Edge is a sweeping Civil War novel of murder, corruption, and love set against the turbulent backdrop of occupied Memphis.

If you love character-driven historical fiction rooted in a turbulent, richly detailed past, read The River’s Edge today!