Nautical
Song of the Mokihana
In this South Sea adventure novel set during World War I, a Chinese-owned sailing vessel is captured by a mixed…
Nanyang
Stewart’s Nanyang is an immense narrative that begins with a pair of young Chinese siblings abducted by a Dutch raiding…
The Pirate Captain: Chronicles of a Legend
Nathanael Blackthorne, the pirate captain of Lynne’s boisterous, hilarious debut, is not only a scourge of the mid-18th century West…
The Sotweed Smuggler
This is a tale of sailing, smuggling and the volatile, violent relationships between the English, the Scotsmen and among the…
Unsinkable
Set on board the Titanic, Unsinkable is a mystery that follows Arthur Beck, former Scotland Yard member looking to start…
Cinnamon and Gunpowder
Editors' choice
Nervous chef Owen Wedgwood (who always travels with his own whisks) is the unfortunate witness to an attack at a…
The Collector of Lost Things
Editors' choice
In 1845, mankind’s wholesale, careless despoiling of the Arctic is underway. Collector Eliot Saxby has taken passage hoping to find…
The Princess Alice Disaster
The sinking of the pleasure steamer Princess Alice in the Thames in September 1878 was the worst inland water accident…
Pirate’s Revenge
I enjoy pirate-based stories so much I even write my own series, so I am somewhat hesitant to meet characters created…
Tainted Prize
Tainted Prize is the second in the Under Admiralty Orders series about Oliver Quintrell, a naval captain serving at the…
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