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Deep Waters: Mysteries on the Waves

par Martin Edwards (Directeur de publication)

Autres auteurs: H. C. Bailey (Contributeur), Josephine Bell (Contributeur), Kem Bennett (Contributeur), Phyllis Bentley (Contributeur), Edmund Crispin (Contributeur)12 plus, Arthur Conan Doyle (Contributeur), Robert Eustace (Contributeur), Gwyn Evans (Contributeur), C. S. Forester (Contributeur), R. Austin Freeman (Contributeur), Andrew Garve (Contributeur), William Hope Hodgson (Contributeur), E. W. Hornung (Contributeur), Michael Innes (Contributeur), LT Meade (Contributeur), James Pattinson (Contributeur), Christopher St John Sprigg (Contributeur)

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The stories in this collection will dredge up delight in crime fiction fans, as watery graves claim unsuspecting victims on the sands of an estuary and disembodied whispers penetrate the sleeping quarters of a ship's captain. How might a thief plot their escape from a floating crime scene? And what is to follow when murder victims, lost to the ocean floor, inevitably resurface? This British Library anthology collects the best mysteries set on choppy seas, along snaking rivers and even in the supposed safety of a swimming pool, including stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, C. S. Forester, Phyllis Bentley and R. Austin Freeman.… (plus d'informations)
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The British Library Crime Classics series (published and marketed in the US by Poisoned Pen Press) is growing into a veritable library spanning the “Golden Age” of crime fiction. Since 2012, the series has presented to the public forgotten gems of the genre.

Martin Edwards, who is himself an award-winning crime writer and Chairperson of the Crime Writers’ Association, deserves much of the credit for the success of this venture. Besides acting as series consultant, he has also edited several of its “themed anthologies”. I must admit that although I enjoy some crime fiction now and then, it is not the genre I typically read. I guess that for persons like me, these multi-author anthologies are an ideal entry point to the Crime Classics series. Edwards is an erudite and intelligent editor, who knows how to keep a reader interested through the variety of the chosen stories.

“Deep Waters”, the thirteenth anthology to appear in the series, is an excellent example. It features a total of sixteen stories which all bear some relation to water. Edwards casts his net wide, and the watery settings to the chosen tales range from cruise liners sailing the oceans, to river boats, canals and even ponds and swimming pools. The stories are spread over a century or so, starting in 1893 with the very first piece in the Sherlock Holmes canon (Arthur Conan Doyle’s “The Adventure of the Gloria Scott”) and ending with “Death by Water” by Michael Innes (the pen-name of Edinburgh-born academic John Innes Mackintosh Stewart), first published in the 1975 collection “The Appleby File”.

Along the way, we meet examples of works by leading representatives of the “Golden Age” crime fiction, such as E.W. Hornung and Edmund Crispin, alongside lesser-known authors such as Kem Bennett. Crime fiction is often dismissed as being too formulaic – this selection shows that nothing can be further from the truth and that the best authors find ingenious ways of presenting, reinterpreting and in some cases subverting the expectations of the genre. The protagonists range from professional to amateur or even ‘accidental’ investigators and there’s an appearance by E.W. Hornung’s amiable rogue ‘Raffles’. There are also some excellent examples of crime sub-genres such as the ‘locked-room mystery’ (as in “Bullion”, by William Hope Hodgson, possibly better-known as the author of creepy ghost stories) and the “inverted mystery”, where the solution to the mystery is presented to the reader at the outset and the pleasure lies in discovering how the puzzle will be unravelled.

Although the style of some of featured pieces feels rather dated, there is much enjoyment to be had from these watery tales. As a bonus, Martin Edwards provides a foreword to the anthology, as well as an introduction to each story, with biographical and bibliographical details.
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  JosephCamilleri | Feb 21, 2023 |
Note: I accessed a digital review copy of this book through Edelweiss. ( )
  fernandie | Sep 15, 2022 |
The British Library Crime Classics series (published and marketed in the US by Poisoned Pen Press) is growing into a veritable library spanning the “Golden Age” of crime fiction. Since 2012, the series has presented to the public forgotten gems of the genre.

Martin Edwards, who is himself an award-winning crime writer and Chairperson of the Crime Writers’ Association, deserves much of the credit for the success of this venture. Besides acting as series consultant, he has also edited several of its “themed anthologies”. I must admit that although I enjoy some crime fiction now and then, it is not the genre I typically read. I guess that for persons like me, these multi-author anthologies are an ideal entry point to the Crime Classics series. Edwards is an erudite and intelligent editor, who knows how to keep a reader interested through the variety of the chosen stories.

“Deep Waters”, the thirteenth anthology to appear in the series, is an excellent example. It features a total of sixteen stories which all bear some relation to water. Edwards casts his net wide, and the watery settings to the chosen tales range from cruise liners sailing the oceans, to river boats, canals and even ponds and swimming pools. The stories are spread over a century or so, starting in 1893 with the very first piece in the Sherlock Holmes canon (Arthur Conan Doyle’s “The Adventure of the Gloria Scott”) and ending with “Death by Water” by Michael Innes (the pen-name of Edinburgh-born academic John Innes Mackintosh Stewart), first published in the 1975 collection “The Appleby File”.

Along the way, we meet examples of works by leading representatives of the “Golden Age” crime fiction, such as E.W. Hornung and Edmund Crispin, alongside lesser-known authors such as Kem Bennett. Crime fiction is often dismissed as being too formulaic – this selection shows that nothing can be further from the truth and that the best authors find ingenious ways of presenting, reinterpreting and in some cases subverting the expectations of the genre. The protagonists range from professional to amateur or even ‘accidental’ investigators and there’s an appearance by E.W. Hornung’s amiable rogue ‘Raffles’. There are also some excellent examples of crime sub-genres such as the ‘locked-room mystery’ (as in “Bullion”, by William Hope Hodgson, possibly better-known as the author of creepy ghost stories) and the “inverted mystery”, where the solution to the mystery is presented to the reader at the outset and the pleasure lies in discovering how the puzzle will be unravelled.

Although the style of some of featured pieces feels rather dated, there is much enjoyment to be had from these watery tales. As a bonus, Martin Edwards provides a foreword to the anthology, as well as an introduction to each story, with biographical and bibliographical details.
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  JosephCamilleri | Jan 1, 2022 |
A collection of sixteen stories all with a connection to water, published from the 1890s onwards. Displaying a vast range of different writing styles I did enjoy most of the stories, but the two I probably liked the most were Bullion and Seasprite.
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  Vesper1931 | Jul 29, 2021 |
This collection of 16 short stories (a couple bordering on novellas or novelettes) take as their theme the water. Lots of messing about on boats leading to murder. This is a good mix of well-known-to-Golden-Age-enthusiast stories and a few more obscure ones. Starting off the collection with a Holmes story is always a good idea ("The Adventure of the Gloria Scott"), and Edmund Crispin and Michael Innes are decent choices too. There are a couple of stories by women authors, but certainly less than half.

My favourite stories in the collection were Christopher St. John Spriggs's contribution ("Four Friends and Death") and C.S. Forester's story ("The Turn of the Tide"). I prefer Forester's crime to his Hornblower stories and agree with Martin Edwards that it's a shame Forester didn't write more in the way of crime. I also enjoyed "Bullion!", which was a bit piratey-feeling, and I enjoyed laughing at the automaton in "The Pool of Secrets", which I felt was totally bananas in a Tom Swift sort of way.

A couple of stories went overly long ("The Swimming Pool") or were just okay, rather than great. I also found that something like "The Thimble River Mystery" relied primarily on sailing things that I am not sure a non-sailor would have figured out. Or they might get most of the way there but not completely. If you're the sort that likes to be able to solve the crime, that might irk you.

Overall I think this is a good collection, although I would suggest reading it in print if you can; the ebook version I read through my library had almost no distinction between the introductory text before the story and the actual story (unless the story itself contained things like "Part 1"). Made it a bit confusing to figure out where the introduction ended and the story began. ( )
  rabbitprincess | Aug 23, 2020 |
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Edwards, MartinDirecteur de publicationauteur principaltoutes les éditionsconfirmé
Bailey, H. C.Contributeurauteur secondairetoutes les éditionsconfirmé
Bell, JosephineContributeurauteur secondairetoutes les éditionsconfirmé
Bennett, KemContributeurauteur secondairetoutes les éditionsconfirmé
Bentley, PhyllisContributeurauteur secondairetoutes les éditionsconfirmé
Crispin, EdmundContributeurauteur secondairetoutes les éditionsconfirmé
Doyle, Arthur ConanContributeurauteur secondairetoutes les éditionsconfirmé
Eustace, RobertContributeurauteur secondairetoutes les éditionsconfirmé
Evans, GwynContributeurauteur secondairetoutes les éditionsconfirmé
Forester, C. S.Contributeurauteur secondairetoutes les éditionsconfirmé
Freeman, R. AustinContributeurauteur secondairetoutes les éditionsconfirmé
Garve, AndrewContributeurauteur secondairetoutes les éditionsconfirmé
Hodgson, William HopeContributeurauteur secondairetoutes les éditionsconfirmé
Hornung, E. W.Contributeurauteur secondairetoutes les éditionsconfirmé
Innes, MichaelContributeurauteur secondairetoutes les éditionsconfirmé
Meade, LTContributeurauteur secondairetoutes les éditionsconfirmé
Pattinson, JamesContributeurauteur secondairetoutes les éditionsconfirmé
Sprigg, Christopher St JohnContributeurauteur secondairetoutes les éditionsconfirmé
Griffin, GordonNarrateurauteur secondairequelques éditionsconfirmé
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The stories in this collection will dredge up delight in crime fiction fans, as watery graves claim unsuspecting victims on the sands of an estuary and disembodied whispers penetrate the sleeping quarters of a ship's captain. How might a thief plot their escape from a floating crime scene? And what is to follow when murder victims, lost to the ocean floor, inevitably resurface? This British Library anthology collects the best mysteries set on choppy seas, along snaking rivers and even in the supposed safety of a swimming pool, including stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, C. S. Forester, Phyllis Bentley and R. Austin Freeman.

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