# The Sea Mystery — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Sea Mystery by Freeman Wills Crofts.

- [I: Mr. Morgan Meets Tragedy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_mystery_se/chapters/i-mr-morgan-meets-tragedy.md): Mr. Morgan and his son Evan go fishing in the Burry Inlet on a late September evening. They hook a crate that contains a decomposing body. Mr. Morgan, horrified, hides the discovery from his son and later reports it to S
- [II: Inspector French Gets Busy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_mystery_se/chapters/ii-inspector-french-gets-busy.md): Inspector French arrives at Burry Port and begins his investigation into the discovery of a body in a crate. He examines the body and crate, noting a triangular birthmark on the left arm and the lack of identifying marks
- [III: Experimental Detection](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_mystery_se/chapters/iii-experimental-detection.md): Inspector French, having determined that the crate was likely transported by a motor lorry with a crane, circulates a query and receives a report from Constable David Jenkins about a crane-lorry seen near Neath. French t
- [IV: A Change of Venue](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_mystery_se/chapters/iv-a-change-of-venue.md): Inspector French shifts his investigation from the coast to Swansea and Ashburton after a tide experiment suggests the body may have come from Devonshire. He coordinates with Superintendent Howells to trace a lorry seen 
- [V: Messrs. Berlyn and Pyke](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_mystery_se/chapters/v-messrs-berlyn-and-pyke.md): Inspector French arrives in Ashburton to investigate the crate sent from Veda Works to Swansea. He learns of the tragic disappearance of Charles Berlyn and Stanley Pyke on Dartmoor six weeks earlier. French reads newspap

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- [The Despatch of the Crate](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_mystery_se/chapters/vi-the-despatch-of-the-crate.md)
- [Dartmoor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_mystery_se/chapters/vii-dartmoor.md)
- [VIII: A Fresh Start](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_mystery_se/chapters/viii-a-fresh-start.md)
- [IX: A Step Forward](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_mystery_se/chapters/ix-a-step-forward.md)
- [X: London’s Further Contribution](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_mystery_se/chapters/x-london-s-further-contribution.md)
- [XI: John Gurney, Night Watchman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_mystery_se/chapters/xi-john-gurney-night-watchman.md)
- [XII: The Duplicator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_mystery_se/chapters/xii-the-duplicator.md)
- [XIII: The Accomplice?](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_mystery_se/chapters/xiii-the-accomplice.md)
- [XIV: French Turns Fisherman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_mystery_se/chapters/xiv-french-turns-fisherman.md)
- [Blackmail](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_mystery_se/chapters/xv-blackmail.md)
- [Certainty at Last](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_mystery_se/chapters/xvi-certainty-at-last.md)
- [XVII: “Danger!”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_mystery_se/chapters/xvii-danger.md)
- [XVIII: On Hampstead Heath](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_mystery_se/chapters/xviii-on-hampstead-heath.md)
- [XIX: The Bitterness of Death](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_mystery_se/chapters/xix-the-bitterness-of-death.md)
- [XX: Conclusion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_mystery_se/chapters/xx-conclusion.md)

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