Overview
From the ORANGE PRIZE-winning author, an enthralling novel about the enduring mystery of the Mary Celeste, an infamous mystic and Arthur Conan Doyle. ' Brilliantly done - fluently written, vividly imagined, moving and genuinely, chillingly spooky' DAILY MAI
''A masterpiece'' GUARDIAN
''A wonderfully ingenious novel, compelling, convincing and exciting'' John Banville
A mystery unsolved to this day
A mystic who confounds the cynics
A writer looking for the story that will make his name
A ghost ship appears in the mist. To the struggling author Arthur Conan Doyle, it is an inspiration. To Violet Petra, the gifted American psychic, it is a cruel reminder. To the death-obsessed Victorian public, it is a fascinating distraction. And to one family, tied to the sea for generations, it is a tragedy.
In salons and on rough seas, at séances and in the imagination of a genius, these stories converge in unexpected ways as the mystery of the ghost ship deepens. But will the sea yield its secrets, and to whom?
- | Author: Valerie Martin
- | Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
- | Publication Date: Jun 04, 2015
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- | Binding: Paperback / softback
- | ISBN-13: 9781780226217
- | ISBN-10: 1780226217