Murder Between the Tides - Sources

Thank you very much for reading Murder Between the Tides

I hope you enjoyed the story. This book felt like my homage to the classic golden-age mysteries that I grew up reading. What better setting for a mystery than a seaside hotel? We had the eclectic mixture of guests, a buried secret or two, a sense of rivalry and a quirky method of murder. But I was keen to keep this in line with the rest of the Devonshire Mysteries (even though it is set in Cornwall), so the friendship between Dan and Alan is at the heart of this story. The pair are shaping up into quite a team. It's always great to hear from readers, so if you have questions that aren't answered here, or if you'd like to say hello, please drop me a line via the contact page.

Spoiler alert

Seeing the sources before you read the book will spoil the story, so please only look if you've finished the book. Here are links to some of the sources I used when writing the story. While not exhaustive, I think that these links will help you to make a good start on satisfying your curiosity (although, of course, the truly curious mind is never satisfied.)

Places

Newquay https://www.visitnewquay.org/ The Hotel Victoria https://www.legacy-hotels.co.uk/hotels/hotel-victoria-newquay-cornwall The SW Coast Path https://www.southwestcoastpath.org.uk/walk-newquay/ Fistral Beach https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fistral_Beach A Georgian country house: https://www.wsj.com/video/georgian-country-house-in-the-quintessential-british-village-of-chiddi/DCF90A22-E9EB-4225-9F82-6ADA8ECB4752.html Alresford http://alresford.org/ The Mid-Hants Railway (aka The Watercress Line) https://www.visitsoutheastengland.com/things-to-do/mid-hants-railway-watercress-line-p1565291 https://www.watercressline.co.uk/

Typewriters

An Adler typewriter https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_849905 The Empire https://www.typewritermuseum.org/collection/brands/index.php3?machine=empire&cat=kf Olivetti Lettera 32 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivetti_Lettera_32 Ribbons https://typewritercollector.com/collectible/ribbons.htm http://thetypewriterman.co.uk/supplies.html Conqueror paper https://www.conqueror-paper.co.uk/

Police Procedures

Arrest https://www.gov.uk/arrested-your-rights The police caution https://www.independent.co.uk/news/new-police-caution-loses-23-words-and-gains-in-clarity-1570533.html Cornwall County HQ https://www.devon-cornwall.police.uk/contact/police-enquiry-offices/216b8980-c74b-4231-a3bc-9f2302e309ef

Beer

Mena Dhu - Cornish stout https://www.staustellbrewery.co.uk/beers-and-brewing/draught-range/mena-dhu Doom Bar https://www.sharpsbrewery.co.uk/blogs/beer/doom-bar

Literary References

What a piece of work is a man - Shakespeare https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_a_piece_of_work_is_a_man From Shakespeare's Hamlet:

When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions.

Dickens

Bleak House https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleak_House#Synopsis Mr Tulkinghorn https://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/b/bleak-house/character-analysis/mr-tulkinghorn Dickensian characters https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Dickensian_characters

Song : Sweetest Love, I Do Not Go by John Donne

SWEETEST love, I do not go, For weariness of thee, Nor in hope the world can show A fitter love for me ; But since that I At the last must part, 'tis best, Thus to use myself in jest By feigned deaths to die. Yesternight the sun went hence, And yet is here to-day ; He hath no desire nor sense, Nor half so short a way ; Then fear not me, But believe that I shall make Speedier journeys, since I take More wings and spurs than he. O how feeble is man's power, That if good fortune fall, Cannot add another hour, Nor a lost hour recall ; But come bad chance, And we join to it our strength, And we teach it art and length, Itself o'er us to advance. When thou sigh'st, thou sigh'st not wind, But sigh'st my soul away ; When thou weep'st, unkindly kind, My life's blood doth decay. It cannot be That thou lovest me as thou say'st, If in thine my life thou waste, That art the best of me. Let not thy divining heart Forethink me any ill ; Destiny may take thy part, And may thy fears fulfil. But think that we Are but turn'd aside to sleep. They who one another keep Alive, ne'er parted be.

The Common Cormorant or Shag by Christopher Isherwood

The Common Cormorant or shag Lays eggs inside a paper bag. The reason you will see no doubt It is to keep the lightning out. But what these unobservant birds Have never noticed is that herds Of wandering bears may come with buns And steal the bags to hold the crumbs.