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

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

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0712352880 ISBN 13: 9780712352888

Publisher: British Library Publishing, 2019

Synopsis

From picturesque canals and quiet lakes to the swirling currents of the ocean, a world of secrets lies beneath the surface of the water.

The stories in this collection will dredge up delight in crime fiction fans, as watery graves claim unsuspecting victims on the sands of an estuary 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 collects the best mysteries set on choppy seas, along snaking rivers and even in the supposed safety of a swimming pool, including stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, C. S. Forester, Phyllis Bentley and R. Austin Freeman.

About this title

About the Author

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: British Library Publishing
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0712352880
• ISBN 13: 9780712352888
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368
• Editor: Martin Edwards