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Dead Water
- Author
- Ngaio Marsh
- Narrator
- James Saxon
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Publish Date
- 1 October 2015
- Run Time
- 7 hours 7 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Then Miss Emily Pride inherits the celebrated land on which Portcarrow stands and wants to put an end to the villagers' thriving trade in miracle cures, especially Miss Elspeth Costs's gift shop.
But someone puts an end to Miss Cost herself, and Miss Pride's guardian angel, Superintendent Roderick Alleyn, finds himself on the spot in both senses of the word...
Critics Review
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A beauty... Miss Marsh is a fine, sly, comic writer
the Sun
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A brilliant traditional detective story
Evening Standard
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Details
- Author
- Ngaio Marsh
- Narrator
- James Saxon
- Duration
- 7 hours 7 minutes
- Release Date
- 1 October 2015
- ISBN
- 9781405531979
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Genre
- Classic crime and mystery fiction
Synopsis
Times are good in the Cornish village of Portcarrow, as hundreds of unfortunates flock to taste the miraculous waters of Pixie Falls.Then Miss Emily Pride inherits the celebrated land on which Portcarrow stands and wants to put an end to the villagers' thriving trade in miracle cures, especially Miss Elspeth Costs's gift shop.But someone puts an end to Miss Cost herself, and Miss Pride's guardian angel, Superintendent Roderick Alleyn, finds himself on the spot in both senses of the word...
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