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- ISBN 9781804999400
- Weight: 200g
- Dimensions: 127 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 17 Sep 2026
- Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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A classic Golden Age mystery inspired by a real-life murder case from the 1920s.
When a woman’s body is found burned beyond recognition in the marsh near El Cerrito, journalist Peter and clinical psychologist Dr. Cavanagh are eager to uncover her identity and find out what happened to her.
Cavanaugh’s forensic discoveries tie the corpse to missing wife of a millionaire, and Peter has to use all of his craft and charm as a reporter to coax out any secrets the couple may have been hiding.
The Tule Marsh Murder was inspired by a real murder case, and Dr. Cavanaugh is based on the pioneering forensic criminalist Edward Oscar Heinrich who became known as 'America’s Sherlock Holmes'. Nancy Barr Mavity’s mystery novels were groundbreaking in their use of science in the detection of crime.
Nancy Barr Mavity (Author)
A legendary newspaper reporter and feature writer for the Oakland Tribune for more than a quarter of a century, Nancy Barr Mavity (1890–1959) also served as the literary editor of the San Francisco Chronicle. She wrote numerous newspaper and magazine articles on various subjects in addition to producing fiction and nonfiction books, most notably her series of mystery novels featuring crime reporter James Aloysius "Peter" Piper: The Tule Marsh Murder, The Body on the Floor, The Other Bullet, The Case of the Missing Sandals, The Man Who Didn't Mind Hanging, and The Fate of Jane McKenzie.
Randal S. Brandt (Introducer)
Randal S. Brandt is a librarian at the Bancroft Library, the primary special collections library at the University of California, Berkeley. He catalogs rare books and has been dubbed “UC Berkeley’s Crime Librarian” for his role as curator of the California Detective Fiction Collection.
