The Echo of a Mutiny

In this captivating short story from the British Library Crime Classic Deep Waters, pathologist-detective Dr. John Thorndyke, along with his laboratory assistant Polton, finds himself embroiled in a mystery when an elderly seafaring man goes missing in the fog. As Thorndyke presents a new invention aimed at enhancing gas-buoys' efficiency, the urgent search for the missing man unfolds, revealing intriguing twists along the way.