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

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.

• Surfeit of Suspects (British Library Crime Classics)
• Murder in the Mill-Race (British Library Crime Classics)
• The Measure of Malice: Scientific Mysteries (British Library Crime Classics)
• The Measure of Malice: Scientific Detection Stories (British Library Crime Classics)
• Fell Murder
• The Christmas Card Crime: and other stories (British Library Crime Classics)
• The Body in the Dumb River: A Yorkshire Mystery (British Library Crime Classics)
• The Christmas Egg: A Seasonal Mystery (British Library Crime Classics)
• Death in Captivity: A Second World War Mystery (British Library Crime Classics)
• Smallbone Deceased: A London Mystery (British Library Crime Classics)