The Floating Admiral: By Certain Members of the Detection Club

By Dorothy L Sayers, G K Chesterton, Agatha Christie

A murdered stranger, a mysterious boat, and thirteen of Britain's finest detective writers working together to solve one extraordinary mystery.

When a sailor discovers a dead man in a drifting rowing boat near the quiet English village of Whynmouth, Inspector Rudge finds himself investigating a bewildering crime. The victim has been stabbed, the boat belongs to the local vicar, and a young woman has mysteriously disappeared. As conflicting testimony, concealed identities, and unexpected revelations accumulate, even the identity of the murdered man becomes uncertain. Every clue raises new questions, and every apparent solution leads to another mystery.

The Floating Admiral is a remarkable collaboration by members of the celebrated Detection Club, including Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, G. K. Chesterton, Ronald Knox, John Rhode, Freeman Wills Crofts, and Anthony Berkeley. Each writer inherited the increasingly complicated mystery from the preceding contributor and added new developments, leaving Berkeley to construct the final solution. This edition also preserves both original appendixes, including the contributors' individual solutions, giving readers a fascinating opportunity to see how some of Britain's most accomplished detective writers approached the same seemingly impossible crime.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1515471845
• ISBN13: 9781515471844
• Release Date: January 2027
• Publisher: Positronic Publishing
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"