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2) Watery grave
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The legendary, blind eighteenth-century judge Sir John Fielding returns in his third mystery, in which he investigates the murder of a sea captain, possibly at the hands of his own stepson.
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First of a series featuring Sir John Fielding, a magistrate who in the 18th Century co-founded London's first police force, the Bow Street Runners. The narrator is Jeremy Proctor, a 13-year-old orphan who serves as Fielding's eyes. Fielding is blind. The series opens with the "suicide" of a lord known for his gambling and extra-marital affairs.
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"Off the water that separates England from France, near the seaside town of Deal, it is a well-known fact that "owling," a local term for the illegal cargo trade, thrives on the moonlit beaches. At the behest of a very concerned Lord Chief Justice. Sir John and Jeremy travel to Deal to investigate the town magistrate, accused of complicity in the smuggling. Oddly, the young man is a trusted protege of the Lord Chief Justice himself."--Jacket.
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Sir John Fielding is one who is shot when "suspicion and fear are running high in London, as a gang of expert criminals terrorizes the town in a spree of robbery and murder. ... There is but one peculiar clue to the identity of this group: The robbers are all black men."--Jacket.