Murder Below Deck

Worse things happen at sea. Paul Delamare has been roped into accompanying his old friend on a luxury cruise aboard the magnificent superyacht Mal de Mer . It''s all plain sailing until his friend''s priceless necklace is stolen, and everyone falls under suspicion. Every chef for himself. As Paul races to catch the thief, the ship begins to drift off-course, veering into the storm-lashed mid-Atlantic. Then one of the passengers is found dead in mysterious circumstances, in a pool of coffee and surrounded by cake crumbs. Voyage of the damned. It''s all hands on deck to catch the killer, but Paul soon discovers guests and crew are harbouring deadly secrets. And if he can''t get to the bottom of the mystery soon, he''ll be sleeping with the fishes.

About the author

After being flung into the culinary limelight as a semi-finalist on Masterchef, Orlando Murrin edited Woman and Home, BBC Good Food and founded Olive magazine; then he switched track to become a chef-hotelier in SW France and Somerset.

He has written six cookbooks and received an Outstanding Achievement Award from the Guild of Food Writers, its highest accolade. A popular guest on TV and radio, and food and literary festivals, he is also a regular podcaster and podcast host.

From his grandfather, a Met detective who rose to become a crack MI5 interrogator, he inherited a fascination with crime and mystery. He lives in domestic bliss in Exeter, Devon, and has written two culinary crime novels: Knife Skills For Beginners (shortlisted for the McDermid Debut and Crime Fiction Lover Debut Awards) and Murder Below Deck.

You can find Orlando on Facebook and Instagram @orlandomurrinauthor, and @orlandomurrin.bsky.social on BlueSky. His website is www.orlandomurrin.com.

Product details

• Authors: Orlando Murrin, Murrin Orlando
• Publisher: Bantam UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.03.2025
• EAN: 9781787637337
• ISBN: 978-1-78763-733-7
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 240 mm x 37 mm
• Series: A chef Paul Delamare Mystery
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; London, Greater London, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Amateur Sleuth, FICTION / Humorous / General, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Traditional, Thriller / suspense fiction, Thriller / suspense, Family life fiction, Atlantic Ocean, Humorous fiction, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives, Relating to LGBTQ+ people, c 2010 to c 2019, Modern and contemporary Fiction (post 1945), Comic (humorous) crime and mystery, c 2020 to c 2029, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary