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  • Dead in the Water

  • Murder and Fraud in the World's Most Secretive Industry
  • By: Kit Chellel, Matthew Campbell
  • Narrated by: Tim Bentinck
  • Length: 10 hrs and 13 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (127 ratings)
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Summary

In July 2011, the oil tanker Brillante Virtuoso was drifting through the treacherous Gulf of Aden when a crew of pirates attacked and set her ablaze in a devastating explosion. But when David Mockett, a maritime surveyor working for Lloyd's of London, inspected the damaged vessel, he was left with more questions than answers. Soon after his inspection, he was murdered.

Dead in the Water is a shocking expose of the criminal inner-workings of international shipping, an old-world industry at the backbone of our global economy. Through first-hand accounts of those who lived the hijacking—from members of the ship's crew and witnesses to the attacks, to the ex-London detectives turned private investigators seeking to solve Mockett's murder—award-winning reporters Matthew Campbell and Kit Chellel piece together the astounding truth behind one of the most brazen financial frauds in history.

©2022 Matthew Campbell and Kit Chellel (P)2022 W F Howes

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interesting story,

it was a good story and very interesting. I did lose abit of interest as it was fairly obvious early on what had happened, so you ended up hanging on for the details and to see if justice had been served.

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Shocking

The level of corruption on a grander scale is shocking but the book does a good job of bringing it back to the individuals and human cost. Well worth a listen and moves at a brusque pace.

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Excellent

A really good insight into what turns out to be a murky industry, and a tragic story about one of the good guys 😔

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Utterly brilliant. Informative and addictive.

Addictive listening while effortlessly delving into an insightful account of how both global shipping and large scale insurance actually works.

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Well documented shipping industry "scandal"

a well written sorry that read like your latest police novel, expect as far as we know, it is real.
Easy going and really interesting for anyone that is willing to look behind the curtain of the shipping industry.

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So we’ll researched.

Fascinating - but so sad that no outcome for David’s family. Hopefully the detailed analysis and research done here will generate some answers.

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Only one story

All good but there is only one story through the entire book. It is a bit slim to draw any conclusion on the industry as claimed.

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Well detailed and a worrying eye opener !

Plenty of information and good explanation throughout.
Descriptive characters and background.
Kept me interested all the way through.

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Great story incredibly well told

Thoroughly informative and very entertaining. Excellent narration. The writers shed light on the murky world of shipping and insurance through the story of the Virtuoso.

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Really thorough account

This was really interesting and well worth a listen. Feels like it should be made up.

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