Jim Teasdale has been drowned in the Dumb River, near Ely, miles from his Yorkshire home.
His body has been discovered before the killer intended and it's up to Superintendent Littlejohn to trace the mystery of the unassuming victim's murder to its source, leaving scandal in his wake as the hidden dealings of Jim Teasdale begin to surface.
British Library Publishing Body in the dumb river. a yorkshire mystery, paperback/george bellairs
