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THE RIVER RUNS BLACK
By: Tessa Wegert
North Country #2
Severn House
October 2026
On Sale: October 6, 2026
288 pages
ISBN: 1448315085
EAN: 9781448315086
Kindle: B0HGG59X27
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Thriller Police Procedural
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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