'Dead Duck' by Patrick Macnee and Peter Leslie

In the eerie wilderness of an Essex marsh a plot of ruthless immorality is nearing fruition, a plot born of madness, genius and revenge.

In the luxury of a world-famous restaurant John Steed and Emma Peel embark on an investigation fraught with dangers that even the Avengers have never met before, an investigation prompted by an unexplained out-break of death. Hodder and Stoughton, 1966

Released By:
Hodder and Stoughton

Release Date:
1966

Notes:
*Featuring John Steed and Mrs. Emma Peel

Re-released in U.K. in 1994 by Titan Books:



When Steed and Mrs Peel witness a sudden death at a neighbouring table in a five star restaurant, they become involved in a bizarre puzzle: why are people dropping dead after eating duck? And what is the connection between a doctor, a gamekeeper and a painter? Their investigation leads them to a ruthless conspiracy, and a plot being hatched in the wilds of the East Anglian marshes.

Released in France in 1995 by Huitième Art as 'Canards Mortels', translated by Martin Winckler: