Deep Waters: Mysteries on the Waves (British Library Crime Classics)

Deep Waters: Mysteries on the Waves (British Library Crime Classics)

by Arthur Conan Doyle (Author), Martin Edwards (Editor), Andrew Garve (Author), Gwyn Evans (Author), Martin Edwards (Author), Arthur Conan Doyle (Author), Andrew Garve (Author), Christopher St John Sprigg (Author), Gwyn Evans (Author), Arthur Conan Doyle (Author), William Hope Hodgson (Author), E. W. Hornung (Author), Josephine Bell (Author), R. Austin Freeman (Author), C. S. Forester (Author), Edmund Crispin (Author), H. C. Bailey (Author), Phyllis Bentley (Author), James Pattinson (Author), Kem Bennett (Author)

Synopsis

From picturesque canals to the swirling currents of the ocean, a world of secrets lies buried beneath the surface of the water. Dubious vessels crawl along riverbeds, while the murky depths conceal more than one gruesome murder. The stories in this collection will dredge up delight in crime fiction fans, as watery graves claim unintended dwellers and disembodied whispers penetrate the sleeping quarters of a ship's captain. How might a thief plot their escape from a floating crime scene? And what is to follow when murder victims, lost to the ocean floor, inevitably resurface? This British Library anthology uncovers the best mysteries set below the surface, including stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, William Hope Hodgson and R. Austin Freeman.

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Format: Illustrated::Box set::Abridged::Audiobook::Large P
Pages: 368
Publisher: British Library Publishing
Published: 10 Jun 2019

ISBN 10: 0712352880
ISBN 13: 9780712352888

Author Bio
Martin Edwards is series consultant for British Library Crime Classics. He is an award-winning crime writer, Chair of the Crime Writers Association and President of the Detection Club. The Golden Age of Murder, his study of the Detection Club, was published in 2015 to international acclaim, and won the Edgar, Agatha, H.R.F. Keating and Macavity awards for the year's best book about the genre. The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books was published by the British Library in 2017.