The Barbary Coast, 1621. A mysterious vessel floats silently on the water - its hull splintered and its sails tattered and burnt. For months the Ghost Ship has hunted pirates to liberate enslaved prisoners. Now it - too - finds itself hunted.
But the ship's crew hides a secret, and the stakes could not be higher. The bravest among them are not who they seem: if arrested, they will hang for their alleged crimes. Can they survive their journey and escape their fate?
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Today I am sentenced to swing.PROLOGUE, LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA, Friday 8 October 1621
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(Mantle, 6 July 2023, e-book, 493 pages, borrowed from Glasgow Libraries via Overdrive)
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I'm a huge fan of the author. I've read the other books in the series and couldn't wait to read The Ghost Ship. I started to read this a few weeks ago but couldn't get into it so decided to set it aside and have another shot. I'm glad I did because this is a corker of a book. It's very different than the other books in the series and it took a few chapters for me to get into it. I loved the setting. The author does a great job of bringing the people and places to life. You can tell the author spent a lot of time researching this book. I was gripped from start to finish. I'd recommend this.
