The Awful Secret
Subtitle: A Crowner John Mystery (Crowner John Mysteries)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Pocket Books
Published: April 1, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9780743492089
Subjects: Crime & mystery; Historical fiction; Mystery & Detective - Historical; Fiction; Fiction - Mystery/ Detective; Mystery/Suspense; DE WIT, JACOB; FICTION_HISTORICAL; FICTION_MYSTERY & DETECTIVE_GENERAL; Fiction / Historical; Fiction / Mystery & Detective / General; Mystery & Detective - General; Mystery & Detective - Police Procedural
First sentence: The disabled ship drifted rapidly towards the lee shore, a rugged coast seen dimly in the dusk.