JRL Anderson 
Death in the North Sea 
A classic English murder mystery

A routine commercial voyage into Scarborough takes a horrific turn when the crew stumbles across a booby-trapped corpse afloat on a life raft – and the resulting explosion has fatal consequences.



Shocked by the news, the Home Office urgently calls for their trusted detective, Peter Blair, who quickly sets sail into dangerous and unchartered waters.



But with the freighter and its crew in desperate danger, Peter may have to risk everything to find the solution – and hope that his detective instincts and years of sailing experience are enough to bring him back alive.



Brimming with mystery and steeped in suspense, J.R.L. Anderson’s
Death in the North Sea is an essential read for fans of classic English crime.

About the author

JRL Anderson was an author of fourteen mystery stories and numerous works of non-fiction. He was a journalist at the Guardian for many years, before retiring to pursue his career as an author. He had a life-long interest in sailing and adventure, which results in many of his novels (as his original author biography from the 1970s puts it) ending ‘with an exciting sea chase in a small boat’.