Blue Water: the Instant Times Bestseller (Laurence Jago)

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The new page-turning historical mystery from the author of BLACK DROP , a 2021 TIMES Book of the Year. This is a good historical thriller which gains momentum and more excitement as the ship's voyage progresses. With the story being set on board a three masted packet ship, in a ‘locked room’ murder mystery style, this story has a lot to offer the historical reader who won’t be disappointed. This is a wonderfully written story, full of superstition and seances, intrigue and secrets, with a little romance and even a dancing bear!

BLUE WATER” is the second thrilling adventure in the ‘Laurence Jago’ series by author Leonora Nattrass, following on from the very successful “Black Drop”. A possible clue is hinted at very strongly in the beginning, but it’s not understood by the main character until very late in the book. The new pageturning historical mystery from the author of BLACK DROP, a 2021 TIMES Book of the Year. I was pleased that Leonora Nattrass had opened with a cast of characters and a map of the Tankerville’s circuitous route that included stops in Barbados and New York before reaching Philadelphia. The machinations of the plot are cleverly put together, Jago being the 'innocent' and surrounded by a wonderfully drawn cast of characters.

No albatrosses shadowing them though a cormorant plays an interesting role when it settles in the ship’s riggings. Instead of a country house, the characters in this historical whodunnit are confined on a ship bound from England to the Americas at the tail end of the eighteenth century. Find your next must-read with the Serpent’s Tail newsletter and discover gripping crime and mystery from Viper Books. In the first book he struggled with the opium addiction and the temptation is still there, onboard the Tankerville. This is Book 2 in her series of political thrillers set in the late eighteenth century featuring reluctant spy Laurence Jago.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA HISTORICAL DAGGER AWARD **** AN INSTANT TIMES BESTSELLER ** ** A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR **'A TRULY GRIPPING READ' - GUARDIAN'FABULOUS, A DELIGHT' - S.

I found Blue Water more entertaining and accessible than Black Drop: the plot is more narrowly focused and the Georgian period detail less distracting. With President Eisenhower due to pay his first state visit, Rose, who had a hand in the assassination of “the Leader” a couple of years earlier and is surprised to be still at liberty, is tasked with meeting Queen Wallis for a background briefing. I only found out while reading that this the second book in a series, but it didn’t prove to be all that problematic. Read more about the condition New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages.

It is his great chance to redeem himself at Whitehall - except that his predecessor has taken the secret of the treaty's hiding place to his watery grave. With almost the entire story taking place at sea and therefore with a limited number of characters, the mystery has a ‘locked room’ feel and kept me guessing until the end. G. MACLEAN'A FINE ADVENTURE REMINISCENT OF PATRICK O'BRIAN' - SUNDAY TIMESThis is the secret report of Laurence Jago. It was too far from shore – probably blown out to sea by the tremendous gale we had met at the mouth of the English Channel, … The poor bird was exhausted, and not at all inclined to take to the wing again, despite all the efforts of the superstitious crew.The setting aboard ship makes this a more contained mystery than the first novel, with a more limited field of potential friends and enemies for Laurence, which I thought worked very well.