Dead Water
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780425144862 (0425144860)
Publish date: January 15th 1994
Publisher: Berkley
Edition language: English
Series: Roderick Alleyn (#23)
bookshelves: published-1963, mystery-thriller, britain-england, winter20092010, fraudio Read on February 25, 2010 ** spoiler alert ** work mp3Blurb - A quirky Roderick Alleyn mystery about faith, greed -- and murder. Times are good in the Cornish village of Portcarrow, as hundreds of unfortunates...
Another Marsh revolving around a spinster who has 'gone wrong' at 'that time of age'. Overall a reasonable mystery, and Miss Emily is a likeable character, but the book leaves a vague sense of dissatisfaction - probably due to the continuing circumstances for the 'femme fatale' of the piece.
work mp3Blurb - A quirky Roderick Alleyn mystery about faith, greed -- and murder. 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 w...