Catalogue Number: 02888

RRP: AU$10.00         Weight in grams:270 See Ordering Information.

Dead Water

Marsh, Ngaio

First Cheap Edition London: Collins Crime Club, 1964 Very Good/Very Good 

Chipped corners, soiled jacket, slightly cocked spine. Now enclosed in a protective wrapper. NOT PRICE CLIPPED.

A book in the Rodderick Alleyn series. Originally published in 1963. Times are good in the Cornish village of Portcarrow, as hundreds of unfortunates flock to taste the miraculous waters of Pixie Falls. Then Miss Emily Pride inherits the celebrated land on which Portcarrow stands and wants to put an end to the villagers' thriving trade in miracle cures, especially Miss Elspeth Costs's gift shop. But someone puts an end to Miss Cost herself, and Miss Pride's guardian angel, Superintendent Roderick Alleyn, finds himself on the spot in both senses of the word..

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