The Wreck of the Sea Wraith: a Murder Mystery Season

The prologue

A letter waits for you at breakfast, in a plain envelope with a Penzance postmark. It holds one sheet of thick blue paper and eight words in careful capitals: THE SEA WRAITH DID NOT SINK BY ACCIDENT. Below them, smaller: Follow her pieces. You know the name. In the great gale of November 1899 the steam yacht went down off Cornwall with all hands and a chest of gold, and pieces of her have turned up all round the coast ever since. Wherever your cases take you this year, one of them will be waiting.

The chapters

Part 1The trail

Chapter 1FreeEasy All at the Kingfisher BoathouseBeginnerRiverside regatta
Chapter 2Scared Stiff on the Phantom ExpressBeginnerFunfair ghost train
Chapter 3Low Tide on the Jubilee PierBeginnerSeaside pier
Chapter 4Still Life at Grimshaw's WaxworksBeginnerWaxworks museum

Part 2The crew

Chapter 5Off the Deep End at the Neptune LidoIntermediateSeaside lido
Chapter 6Dead Ringer at St Botolph'sIntermediateChurchyard and crypt
Chapter 7Do Not Disturb at the Hotel HalcyonIntermediateSeaside hotel
Chapter 8Spirits Below at the Lugger InnIntermediateCornish smugglers' inn
Chapter 9Medium Rare in Mortmain SquareIntermediateMedium's parlour
Chapter 10Taken Aback at CowesIntermediateYacht club at Cowes
Chapter 11Face the Music at Sallowford MillIntermediateHaunted watermill
Bonus chapter · 8×8Lights Out at Sunnysands CampIntermediateHoliday camp

Part 3The false course

Chapter 12Gale Warning at the Kittiwake LightAdvancedLighthouse island
Chapter 13Washed Up at PolventorAdvancedLifeboat station
Chapter 14Dead Calm on the AlbatrossAdvancedCruise ship
Chapter 15Holy Terror at Brackendale AbbeyAdvancedRuined abbey
Chapter 16Under Wraps in Bedford SquareAdvancedCollector's town house

Part 4The gold

Chapter 17Sink or Swim at Rintoul's YardExpertClyde shipyard
Chapter 18Red Herring at PorthennaExpertCornish fishing harbour
Chapter 19High Spirits at Dunvarrow CastleExpertHighland castle
Bonus chapter · 9×9Ghost of a Chance at Whisperwood HallExpertHaunted country house
Chapter 20Utter Folly at LarkmereExpertGothic folly

The finale

Thursday brings the lowest water at Porthenna in eighteen years. For one hour the bow of the Sea Wraith will stand clear of the sand, and everyone who wants her secret will be out there on the wet sand. So will you.

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