Lying Under Water: A Sergeant Frank Hardy Mystery

THE WATERS ARE RISING, AND SO IS THE BODY COUNT

Trapped by floods on their horse farm, Frank and Mette Hardy offer shelter to two other families. But when one of their guests is found with a carving knife from their own kitchen in his neck , they must keep themselves alive until help comes. Who among the small group of people trapped on the farm by floods is the killer? It seems that everyone has a reason to kill the man who died, and when Frank is sickened by poison, he makes a decision that almost kills his pregnant wife.

A classic Agatha Christie/Knives out mystery, set in New Zealand in 1880 in the midst of a depression with war pending and the temperance movement still in full swing.