Mystery in the Channel (British Library Crime Classics)
- Authors
- Freeman Wills Croft
- Publisher
- British Library Publishing
- Tags
- fiction , murder mystery , detective story , english channel , inspector french , ship , yacht , harbour , martin edwards , british library crime classics
- Date
- 2016-09-10T05:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.55 MB
- Lang
- en
The Chichester is making a routine journey across the English Channel on a pleasant afternoon in June, when the steamer’s crew notice something strange. A yacht, bobbing about in the water ahead of them, appears to have been abandoned, and there is a dark red stain on the deck… Two bodies later, with no sign of a gun, there certainly is a mystery in the channel. Inspector French soon discovers a world of high-powered banking, luxury yachts and international double-dealing. British and French coastal towns, harbours – and of course the Channel itself – provide an alluring backdrop to this nautical adventure, along with a cast of shady characters.