{"product_id":"murder-on-b-deck","title":"Murder On B Deck","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"row subcategory-data mt-4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-12 col-xl-9\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"subcategory-data--data pb-0 mb-0\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe perfect beach read, this classic Golden Age murder mystery is set on a 1920s transatlantic ocean liner ship.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEveryone is a suspect. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen a beautiful countess is found strangled in her cabin aboard the luxury liner \u003ci\u003eLatakia\u003c\/i\u003e, scientist, explorer, and former intelligence officer Walter Ghost tries to find the killer. He has a taste for puzzles and a habit of getting into trouble, but now he's trapped in a game he doesn't know if he can win.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnyone could be next.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConfined to the close quarters of 'B' deck, with a group of paranoid passengers, Walter must solve this one quickly - and find the killer before someone else gets scratched off the passenger list.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eMurder on \"B\" Deck:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Starrett makes the most of the setting and populates it with an array of potential suspects. This definitely merits being labelled an American Mystery classic' \u003cstrong\u003e- \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Starrett was a Holmes expert, and this first of three Walter Ghost novels, published in 1929, delivers a thoroughly entertaining spin on the theme of a big-brained amateur sleuth and his admiring sidekick' -\u003cstrong\u003e \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-12 col-xl-9\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"subcategory-data--data pb-0 mb-0\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-12 col-xl-9\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"subcategory-data--data pb-0 mb-0\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-12 col-xl-9\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"subcategory-data--data pb-0 mb-0\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"subcategory-data--data pb-0 mb-0\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eVincent Starrett\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e(1886-1974) was a Chicago journalist who became one of the world's foremost experts on Sherlock Holmes. A books columnist for the Chicago Tribune, he also wrote biographies of authors such as Robert Louis Stevenson and Ambrose Bierce, various books on books and book collecting, plus Sherlockian pastiches and numerous short stories and novels. A founding member of the Baker Street Irregulars, he is perhaps known best today for \u003ci\u003eThe Private Life of Sherlock Holmes\u003c\/i\u003e, an imaginative biography of the great detective.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Vincent Starrett","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51258944061607,"sku":"9781804999486","price":24.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0707\/4945\/4503\/files\/murder-on-b-deck-Starrett-1929-9781804999486.jpg?v=1787774098","url":"https:\/\/www.murderousink.com.au\/products\/murder-on-b-deck","provider":"Murderous Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}