The River's Edge

Step into Memphis, 1863—a city caught between war and freedom.

The Union Army holds the city, but the war is far from over. In the streets, old hatreds and new freedoms collide. When a Union officer turns up dead in a shadowy alley, Elias Aronson—a sharp-witted Manhattan lawyer serving as aide-de-camp at Fort Pickering—is ordered to uncover the truth. But the deeper he digs, the more danger he stirs.

Memphis is a city of secrets, and Elias can’t uncover them alone. He joins forces with Lydia Owens, an intrepid widow from upstate New York who has come South to teach the newly free—and to escape her own grief.

Their search takes them from Memphis’s grandest houses to its darkest backstreets. Together, they uncover a web of corruption, betrayal, and deceit. Justice proves elusive as danger circles closer, and Elias and Lydia learn that the dead aren’t the only ones with secrets. Their search for truth will test their courage—and the unexpected bond that will change their lives forever.