Death at Low Tide

Death at Low Tide is a 1938 detective novel by the British writer Cecil Street, writing under the pen name of Miles Burton.^[1] It is the seventeenth in a series of books featuring the Golden Age amateur detective Desmond Merrion and Inspector Arnold of Scotland Yard.^[2] A review in the Times Literary Supplement declared "this is probably the best work of an author who has already had many brilliant successes". However The Observer noted "Miles Burton still remains faithful to the Crofts school in his austere refusal to develop a style."

Death at Low Tide

First edition (UK)
Author	Cecil Street
Language	English
Series	Desmond Merrion
Genre	Detective
Publisher	Collins Crime Club (UK) Doubleday (US)
Publication date	1938
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media type	Print
Preceded by	Murder in Crown Passage
Followed by	The Platinum Cat

Synopsis

In a small West Country port one summer evening a ferryman fishes a body of the harbour at low tide. It proves to be the unpopular harbour master, whose plans to transform a seaside resort into an industrial port has made him many enemies. Shot through the head it is a clear case of murder, and the services of Arnold and his friend Merrion are called in to investigate.