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When the seemingly dead body of a child reanimates hours after arriving at an ancient inn on the Thames, three families try to claim her. On a dark midwinter's night in an ancient inn on the river Thames, an extraordinary event takes place. The regulars are telling stories to while away the dark hours, when the door bursts open on a grievously wounded stranger. In his arms is the body of asmall child. Hours later, the girl stirs, takes a breath,...

Long heralded as a city treasure herself, expert “mudlarker” Lara Maiklem is uniquely trained in the art of seeking. Tirelessly trekking across miles of the Thames muddy shores, where others only see the detritus of city life, Maiklem unearths evidence of Englands captivating, if sometimes murky, historywith some objects dating back to 43 AD, when London was but an outpost of the Roman Empire. From medieval mail worn by warriors on English battlefields...

At dawn one morning in 1933, an amateur dowsing team searching the banks of the Thames for precious metals unearths the body of a young woman with a priceless gold coin in her mouth. The case falls on Assistant Commissioner of Scotland Yard Joe Sandilands's turf, but he's been given another assignment -- and a very high-profile one. London is hosting a historic economic conference to try to solve the Global Depression and political tensions are running...