Publisher's Synopsis
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 eyeâ_¦
