Deadly Shoals (Wiki Coffin Mysteries)
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| Rating | : | 4.37 (701 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0312353375 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-12-30 |
| Language | : | English |
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"There was another grave danger lurking in the fog." K. M. Wiki Coffin is a versatile crewmember of one of the ships belonging to an American scientific expedition that set sail from Norfolk, Virginia. The little fleet that had the Pacific as its goal, moved down along the eastern coast of South America first (no Panama Canal yet). DEADLY SHOALS, the fourth "seafaring mystery" in Joan Druett's Wiki Coffin series, traces the course actually sailed by the U.S. Exploring Expedition ("Ex Ex" for short), 1838-1842, commanded by Naval Lt. Charles Wilkes. However, Wilkes' real fleet sailed with six ships. Druett adds a seventh, the fictional Swallow, a brig on which Wiki (also fictional) is normally berth. "`I can say nothing of use to you'." according to Jennifer Cameron-Smith. Wiki Coffin is the linguist and captain's clerk on a US exploring expedition which has reached the Rio Negro. The Rio Negro, in 18`I can say nothing of use to you'. Wiki Coffin is the linguist and captain's clerk on a US exploring expedition which has reached the Rio Negro. The Rio Negro, in 1839, is a remote area of Patagonia famous for rough gauchos and revolutionaries.Wiki has another role, though, as a sheriff's deputy and it is via this role that much of the action in this novel unfolds. A whaleman in search of his stolen schooner sparks a search which leads to the discovery of murder. Solving the murder(s) (and finding the missing schooner) leads Wiki on a number of adventures involving an assortment of scoundrels. Along the way, the reader acquires all manner of important nautical information an. 9, is a remote area of Patagonia famous for rough gauchos and revolutionaries.Wiki has another role, though, as a sheriff's deputy and it is via this role that much of the action in this novel unfolds. A whaleman in search of his stolen schooner sparks a search which leads to the discovery of murder. Solving the murder(s) (and finding the missing schooner) leads Wiki on a number of adventures involving an assortment of scoundrels. Along the way, the reader acquires all manner of important nautical information an. A Customer said terrific nineteenth century mystery. In 18terrific nineteenth century mystery In 1839 U.S. Exploring Expedition ship Swallow reaches Patagonia. However, in Patagonia, an outraged whaler Captain Stackpole demands the Shallow's sheriff's representative, navigator and "linguister" Wiki Coffin arrest trader Caleb Adams. Stackpole claims he bought a schooner from Adams, but the scoundrel vanished with his money without handing over the vessel or a bill of sale.Wiki makes inquiries into where Adams may have gone. However, when he catches up to the trader, he meets a dead man. Someone murdered Adams and a clerk working at the trader's store. The bill of sale remains missing. As Wiki continues his expanded investigation into. 9 U.S. Exploring Expedition ship Swallow reaches Patagonia. However, in Patagonia, an outraged whaler Captain Stackpole demands the Shallow's sheriff's representative, navigator and "linguister" Wiki Coffin arrest trader Caleb Adams. Stackpole claims he bought a schooner from Adams, but the scoundrel vanished with his money without handing over the vessel or a bill of sale.Wiki makes inquiries into where Adams may have gone. However, when he catches up to the trader, he meets a dead man. Someone murdered Adams and a clerk working at the trader's store. The bill of sale remains missing. As Wiki continues his expanded investigation into
. Gauchos, Indians, revolutionaries and adventurers flock across the beautifully rendered landscape. The bill of sale has been stolen from Adams's store and a clerk murdered as well. Druett's meticulous research shows in the vivid characters (including historical figures), but irrelevant passages of lush detail smother the plot, letting it resurface only in a late and hurried blurt of exposition. When Wiki goes looking for Adams, he finds only his corpse. From Publishers Weekly New Zealand historian Druett's uneven fourth Wiki Coffin whodunit (after 2006's Run Afoul) finds half-Maori nav
The adventure unravels in the impoverished village of El Carmen de Patagones, where the threat of French invasion is imminent, and business is at a standstill under the orders of General de Rosas, the tyrant of Buenos Aires. Wiki must risk both life and reputation in pursuit of a vicious and determined killer who has set his sights on another target: the U.S. Wiki Coffin plays many parts on the U.S. Exploring Expedition itself.. law and order. A New England whaler shows up, desperate to find the devious trader who has cheated him of a thousand dollars and a schooner. But then the brig