TY - BOOK AU - Bell,Josephine TI - The port of London murders SN - 9780712353618 (paperback) U1 - 823.912 23 PY - 2020/// CY - London PB - British Library Publishing KW - Murder KW - Investigation KW - Fiction KW - Thames River (England) KW - London (England) KW - Social conditions KW - 20th century KW - Social life and customs KW - Detective and mystery stories KW - Detective and mystery fiction KW - lcgft N1 - Originally published: London : Longmans, Green and Co., 1938; Also issued online N2 - "When the San Angelo drifts into port in the Pool of London, telephones begin to ring across the capital and an intricate series of events is set in motion. Beset by dreadful storms in the Bay of Biscay, the ship, along with the 'mixed cargo' it carries, is late. Unaware of the machinations of avaricious importers, wayward captains and unscrupulous traders, docklands resident Harry Reed and June Harvey are thrust together by a riverside accident, before being swept into the current of a dark plot developing on the harbourside ER -