The Sunken Sailor

By Patricia Moyes

Book Overview

Inspector Henry Tibbett and his wife, Emmy, are enjoying a holiday on a friend's yacht, lazily sailing from one little English sea-town to the next.

It should all be delicious indolence... except that Henry can't stop thinking about death. Well, one death in particular. The death of a local sailor.

And he really can't stop thinking about it when it starts looking as though the drowned sailor is somehow connected to the robbery at a nearby manor house.

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PRAISE FOR THE INSPECTOR TIBBETT MYSTERIES

'One of the deftest practitioners of the British procedural detective novel' New York Times

'A queen of crime ... her name can be mentioned in the same breath as Agatha Christie and Ngaio Marsh' Daily Herald

'Gripping... very neatly worked out' Evening Standard

'Intricate plots, ingenious murders, and skillfully drawn, often hilarious, characters' Mystery Scene

'Really good detection' The Spectator

'Ingenious and elegant, with nary a trace of formula' Kirkus

'Patricia Moyes tells great tales in fascinating settings, and her Scotland Yard detective, Henry Tibbett, is perhaps the most believable of anyone detecting in this decade' Los Angeles Times

'For classic detection, Moyes] is far and away best' Times Literary Supplement

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1788425510
• ISBN13: 9781788425513
• Release Date: June 2026
• Publisher: Duckworth Books Ltd
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.1" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

Really enjoyable

Chief Inspector Henry Tibbett and his wife Emmy are spending a couple of weeks vacationing with some friends on board their yacht Ariadne. This one, unlike some Dead Men Don't Ski and others, really does start about as a vacation, but before long, he's interested in the recent drowning of local sailor Pete Rawnsley. Something about the death just doesn't sound right to Henry. He's also interested in recent jewel robbery in the area. Before long, another murder convinces him that the two are related. Now the question is, can he save Emmy from being the next victim?I enjoyed this book a lot. You don't have to be sailor to like it, but if you knew something about boats (I don't) you'd probably enjoy it more. I still really liked it. I like the whole series and I wish that more of Moyes books were still in print.