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The Death Ship of Dartmouth
First published 2006
Dartmouth faces rumours of renewed piracy after the St John is discovered damaged and without its crew. A man found dead in the road is dismissed as a drunken casualty, but Simon and Baldwin suspect that the body and the abandoned vessel belong to the same concealed sequence of events.
The enquiry follows sailors, merchants, officials and families whose fortunes depend on maritime trade. As fear of the Lyme pirates spreads, the investigators must determine whether an external attack explains the losses or whether someone within the port is using that reputation to disguise murder and theft.
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