Tulip Murders - latest tiller thriller in the Johnson & Wilde canal crime mystery series is out.

[TheGrifter]

Tulip Murders, the fifth book in the Johnson & Wilde series of canal crime mystery novels, has been published. Author, Andy Griffee, began the series 5 years ago after several members of the Canal World Forum came forward to volunteer to help with his research. 

 

Andy, who lives in Worcestershire, says their input has been invaluable in making the books as accurate as possible. The books have also been boosted with bespoke maps of each novel's location supplied by Michael Pearson of the famous Pearson & Son Canal Companions. 

 

The series is based on the travels of a live-aboard journalist called Jack Johnson who takes his boat, a 64 ft stern cruiser called Jumping Jack Flash, around the country. He is accompanied by a border terrier called Eddie and occasionally by his, so far, unrequited love-interest Nina Wilde. 

 

His 'Canal-Noir' plots have variously been based on the Stratford, the Worcester & Birmingham, the River Avon, the Kennet & Avon, the River Thames, the Oxford, the Staffs & Worcs and, in his latest book, the canals of Amsterdam.

 

The books are all available as e-books, paperbacks and hardbacks from Amazon.  

 

[Grassman]

I've read them all and they were good. I'm not sure I'll like the move away from the UK canals though, but I'll have to wait and see,

[MIKE P]

any other recommendations for this type of story line around the uk canals

 

[BoatinglifeupNorth]

2 hours ago, MIKE P said:

any other recommendations for this type of story line around the uk canals

 

You can try this one, I was given it but yet to read, it came highly recommended.

https://danutareah.co.uk/books/bleak-water

Edited April 10 by BoatinglifeupNorth

[MIKE P]

17 hours ago, BoatinglifeupNorth said:

You can try this one, I was given it but yet to read, it came highly recommended.

https://danutareah.co.uk/books/bleak-water

thank you

 

[Sir Percy]

Similarly water-based, but no murder mystery: Boogie Up the River, a radio comedy-drama series.

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A full-cast BBC Radio adaptation of Mark Wallington's comic tale of one man and his dog, starring Timothy Spall

In a bid to impress his not-quite-girlfriend Jennifer, Mark persuades her to accompany him on a journey to discover the true source of the river that flows past her London flat. Setting himself up with a classic Victorian camping skiff, he's ready for adventure and romance - but his plans are scuppered at the last minute by his manic mongrel mutt, Boogie.

Boogie has bad breath, terrible wind and a tendency to moult all over your toast - and on top of all that, he can't swim. But Mark can't leave him behind - his friends refuse to look after him, and he has a reputation at all the kennels (the last time he stayed in one, even the other dogs complained).

Taking to the water, Mark comes face-to-face with a colourful assortment of river dwellers and dreams of Delia Smith, while Boogie meets his first Canada goose - and headbutts a swan... As they scull upstream, they pursue the elusive Jennifer, who leaves a trail of terrible poems, exotic takeaways and answerphone messages, but is somehow always elsewhere. Will she ever join Mark on his quest? Will they ever find the source of the Thames? And will Boogie ever learn to curb his disgusting habits?

Adapted by Mark Wallington from his own hilarious novel, this light-hearted, engaging dramatisation will delight fans of Three Men in a Boat and Bill Bryson. It stars Timothy Spall as Mark, Ronald Herdman as Boogie and Carla Mendonça as Jennifer.

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Boogie-Up-River-Comedy-Travelogues/dp/B0BZ12KTXB

 

Edited April 11 by Sir Percy