Death Drops The Pilot (U) (Ulverscroft Large Print Series)

Falbright Jenny, the last ferry from Elmer's Creek to Falbright suddenly takes the bit between her teeth and ends up with her nosein the air on a sandbank. The pilot, missing from her bridge, is later found under Falbright pier, stabbed in the back. Chief Inspector Littlejohn from Scotland Yard finds the case difficult right from the beginning, as the seedy gentry and their shifty tenants stick together and tell as many lies as possible.