Dead in the Water

A Cherringham Mystery 1

By: Matthew Costello, Neil Richards

Narrated by: Neil Dudgeon

Length: 6 hrs and 22 mins

Publisher's summary

On the night of the school prom, a young teacher is found dead in the Thames in a drug-related accident. It seems - at first - to be another sign that Cherringham High is spiralling out of control. The new head however is convinced that the teacher's death is suspicious and quietly calls in Sarah Edwards. With her one-time detective partner, Jack Brennan, back in America, Sarah is at first reluctant to take on the case. But when she does get involved, it soon becomes clear that the tragic accident might really be a case of murder - and even Sarah herself could be in danger ...

"Dead in the Water" is the first full-length novel set in the sleepy English village of Cherringham, featuring the unlikely sleuthing duo Sarah, an English web designer, and Jack, American ex-cop. Thrilling and deadly - but with a spot of tea - it's like Rosamunde Pilcher meets Inspector Barnaby. For fans of Agatha Christie's Miss Marple series, Lilian Jackson Braun's "The Cat Who" series, Caroline Graham's Midsomer Murders, and the American TV series Murder She Wrote, starring Angela Lansbury.

Co-authors Neil Richards (based in the UK) and Matthew Costello (based in the US), have been writing together since the mid 90's, creating content and working on projects for the BBC, Disney Channel, Sony, ABC, Eidos, and Nintendo to name but a few. Their transatlantic collaboration has underpinned scores of TV drama scripts, computer games, radio shows, and - most recently - the successful crime fiction series Cherringham.

The narrator of the audiobook, Neil Dudgeon, has been in many British television programmes including the roles of 'DCI John Barnaby' in 'Midsomer Murders' and 'Jim Riley' in 'The Life of Riley'. He is also known for his film roles in 'The Nativity', 'Sorted' and 'Son of Rambow'. In 2012 Dudgeon starred as 'Norman Birkett' on BBC Radio 4's Afternoon Play series written by Caroline and David Stafford.

©2019 Bastei Lübbe (P)2019 Lübbe Audio

Another great Cherringham story

This was essentially an extended episode, with s bit more background about the main characters. If you like the Cherringham mysteries, you'll enjoy this as well. Listen to it following Episode episode 24 (A Death in the Family). This book explains what happens after the cliffhanger from episode 24.

Really good cozy mystery

So glad to have a longer version, not interrupted by the irritating music. I enjoyed the short stories, but hated the music between each one of them.

Cannot wait for the next book

Everything is wonderful in this book, a new puppy included.
A series that is always interesting and delightful to listen to many times.

Keep them coming!

Wish this to become a television series, one shown in the States. Love, love, love these books.

Captivating!

I just love this series. And if you are wondering where this novel fits into the chronological lives of Sarah and Jack, it’s after book 24 in the cosy crime series. The friendship between these two, and Sarah’s children is so compelling and the story telling and mystery writing is so clever, funny, suspenseful and captivating. Whoever thought of combining Cherringham and NYC deserves an award. So enjoyable! But start from the beginning and don’t stop!

They’re Back

Loved all 19-21 episodes in previous series. Hope there are more adventures to come for these two sleuths.

Good clean detectives

A detective story without all the cussing, gore, and violence. Neil Dudgeon does a great job narrating. I have every book in all of the Cherringham stories.

Back in Cherringham

Sarah Edwards, having stepped away from her former investigative work with Jack, a retired cop from New York, is asked to pursue a new investigation on her own in Cherringham--a suspicious death. A teacher has apparently fallen to his death in the Thames, which calls into question what is happening in that teacher's school, the same school attended by Sarah's kids. At first quite reluctant, she eventually agrees to investigate, wishing her old American partner were still there, but he had left a year ago. Only now, quite unexpectedly, Jack has returned, and the investigation can begin in earnest. Dead in the Water is an engaging enough mystery, but much of the attraction to the story--and the pleasure we derive from it, I think--has to do with this great pairing of Sarah and Jack. And Neil Dudgeon does a tremendous job in performing these characters for us. His style, his timing, his flow from narrative to thought to speech is excellent, as one might expect. Well worth the listen.

I’m so hooked

I love these adventures. Please if you have never listen give this a try. The whole series is like listening to old time Radio broadcasts. Haven’t heard a bad one yet.

Missing

Should be book 25.it took me awhile to find the story when Jack returned