The Floating Admiral Author:Members of the Detection Club It was a typical foggy day when members of the world-famous Detection Club gathered at the club's London headquarters. Each contributor tackled the mystery presented without knowing what solution the previous authors had in mind. For the first time in history, the creators of Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, Lord Peter Whimsey, and Father Bro... more »wn all applied their expertise to the same case. The result - the unique classic that you are about to read!
Including each author's solution the mystery!
Inspector Rudge does not encounter many cases of murder in the sleepy seaside town of Whynmouth. But when an old sailor lands a rowing boat containing a fresh corpse with a stab wound to the chest, the Inspector's investigation immediately comes up against several obstacles. The vicar, whose boat the body was found in, is clearly withholding information, and the victim's niece has disappeared. There is clearly more to this case than meets the eye -- even the identity of the victim is called into doubt. Inspector Rudge begins to wonder just how many people have contributed to this extraordinary crime and whether he will ever unravel it!« less
Pub. 1980. Copyright 1931. A unque format for this engrossing mystery because it is a collaborative mystery written by Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, and G. K. Chesterton plus others, all from the Detection Club of that era.