Dead Before Docking

by Scott Corbett, Paul Frame (Illustrator)

On board the Wellfleet, someone was plotting murder.
It was Jeff who spotted a loudly dressed man in a dockside phone booth, and Jeff, a proficient speech reader, who decoded the man's chilling message, "Don't worry. . . he'll be dead before they reach port. Our friend knows his business."
Only after the South America bound freighter had left port did Jeff fully realize his predicament. Who will believe him? Armed only with the warning, a lengthy list of would-be killers and victims, and a sleuth's instinct for telling clues, Jeff must foil an unknown murderer.

161 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1972

About the author

Scott Corbett (July 27, 1913 – March 6, 2006) was an American novelist and educator. He wrote five adult novels, the first published in 1950, and then began writing books for children. He retired from teaching in 1965 to write full-time. His best known book is The Lemonade Trick, a children's novel.