The contestants in the annual Blackstone River fly-fishing competition gather for the afternoon session. The competition is as competitive as any referee Horsechestnut has ever seen. The tournament is spoiled rather, by the appearance of Indigo Black’s body floating down the river, a dagger sticking out of his back.
Who murdered Indigo Black?
Colonel Jocquin Colman? Mme Sapphire Azure? Professor Mauvino Mulberry? Mrs Blanche Alabaster? The Reverend Malachi Khaki? Ms Scarletta Crimson? Dr Gray? Some other shady character?
Detective Inspector Magpie of Scotland Yard teams up with his forensically trained sidekick, Sepia Brown, to investigate.
The fishing contestants are in the frame, but they had more reason to kill each other than Indigo Black, and they’re all still alive.
Can our truth hungry detective methodically make sense of it all and unmask the murderer?
The One With The Body Which Floated On By is the secondof the Magpie Murders – a series of short murder mysteries by Nina Jon.
