HIGH SEAS MURDER

&lsquo,There&rsquo,s been a murder there.&rsquo,Tubby stared at him. &lsquo,A murder! Who was it?&rsquo,It was the first time in his life that Tubby had been told that he had been murdered.Carl Swanson, recognized as the best ship&rsquo,s captain in the fishing town of Gilsboro, is about to head out on the unluckiest trip of his career. When he decided to engage with Captain MacTaggert&rsquo,s ship the Ivanhoe, murder is committed, and Inspector Pollitt and his able lieutenants begin the inexorable process of investigation &ndash, and arrest.High Seas Murder was first published in 1939, and has remained out of print until this new edition. It includes an introduction by crime fiction historian Curtis Evans.&lsquo,I have the highest opinion of Peter Drax&rsquo,s murder stories &hellip, The secret of Peter Drax&rsquo,s success is his ability to make the circumstances as plausible as the characters are real&rsquo, Sunday Times_,