The Beautiful Derelict

"The Beautiful Derelict" is a murder mystery novel by the author Carolyn Wells. The detective Fleming Stone is on board a steamship plying between New York City and Nova Scotia, when the crew spot an odd looking vessel. On closer watch, they realize that it is a yatch that is drifting off to sea with no apparent crew. On boarding the yatch, their worst fears are confirmed when they find two dead bodies. And as Stone begins to investigate, he discovers that one of the men had had a major disagreement with the father of his girlfriend…