Murder Below Deck
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  • Published: 24 June 2025
  • ISBN: 9781787637344
  • Imprint: Bantam
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $34.99

Murder Below Deck

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24 Jun 2025
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6 Mar 2025
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6 Mar 2025
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6 Apr 2025
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Below Deck with murder, the highly-anticipated second novel in the addictive cosy crime series from acclaimed food writer and Masterchef semi-finalist, Orlando Murrin.

Worse things happen at sea…

Paul Delamare has been roped into accompanying his old friend on a luxury cruise aboard the magnificent superyacht Maldemer. It’s all plain sailing until his friend’s priceless necklace is stolen, and everyone falls under suspicion.

As Paul races to catch the thief, the ship begins to drift off-course, veering into the storm-lashed mid-Atlantic. Then one of the passengers is found dead in mysterious circumstances, in a pool of coffee and surrounded by cake crumbs.

It’s all hands on deck to catch the killer, but Paul soon discovers guests and crew are harbouring deadly secrets. And if he can’t get to the bottom of the mystery soon, he’ll be sleeping with the fishes.
  • Published: 24 June 2025
  • ISBN: 9781787637344
  • Imprint: Bantam
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $34.99
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About the author

Orlando Murrin

After being flung into the culinary limelight as a semi-finalist on Masterchef, Orlando Murrin edited Woman and Home, BBC Good Food and founded Olive magazine; then he switched track to become a chef-hotelier in SW France and Somerset. He has written six cookbooks and is President of the Guild of Food Writers. An ever-popular guest on TV and radio, he presents the BBC Good Food Podcast with Tom Kerridge. From his grandfather, a Met detective who rose to become a crack MI5 interrogator, he inherited a fascination with crime and mystery. He lives in domestic bliss in Exeter, Devon, and Knife Skills For Beginners is his debut novel. You can find Orlando on Twitter @orlandomurrin, Instagram @orlandomurrinauthor or on Facebook. His website is www.orlandomurrin.com.

Also by Orlando Murrin

Knife Skills for Beginners
Good Food: Low-fat Feasts
Good Food: 101 Hot & Spicy Dishes
Good Food: Veggie dishes
Good Food: Simple Suppers
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Praise for Murder Below Deck

If Agatha Christie were to go on Masterchef, this novel would be the result.

Clare Pooley
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