Reviews for Dead Water

The average rating for Dead Water based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2019-10-26 00:00:00 Louisa-magdalene Papadopoulou This is the twenty third book in the Roderick Alleyn series, which was first published in 1963. The mystery is set in Portcarrow, where a sudden miracle, in a local spring, sees a young boy cured of his warts. This leads to a great deal of tourist money pouring into the local community. Major Barrymore has more guests as the ‘Boy and Lobster,’ the Reverend Carstairs finds his Church Fund suddenly has a surge of donations, Miss Cost opens her ‘Gift Shoppe,’ and even Dr Maine finds himself extending his practice. However, even some of those benefiting from the interest in the area, are a little uncomfortable about the change in the area. Then, when Miss Emily Pride, Alleyn’s old French mistress, inherits the island, from her sister, she decides to put an end to the incredulity and cult, that she believes has flourished. When she arrives on the island, the locals do their best to dissuade her from taking action and things lead to murder… This is a reasonably good addition to the series. Fox and his constant attempts to speak French, combined with Miss Pride’s fluency, are fun. The storyline runs true and this is a fun mystery, with a good setting. Rated 3.5

Review # 2 was written on 2018-04-29 00:00:00 Peter Saunders Good mystery. 83 year old Emily Pride owns an island where apparently miracles occur at a spring. However, she wants to close it down which the locals are upset about as it has become a gold mine. The crazy Miss Cost, drunken Major with a gorgeous wife, Dr Maine and the not so nice father of Wally. The murder surprised me but there are enough clues to figure out the murderer. My second Ngaio Marsh novel and I am hooked. I am also looking forward to watching the movie. The movie was ok. Not sure why the doctor shot the Inspector then himself. A good lawyer might have got him 10 years although they did have the death penalty when she wrote the book.