The Ghost of the Mary Celeste

by Valerie Martin

'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?

• ISBN10: 0297870343
• ISBN13: 9780297870340
• Publish Date: 20 February 2014 (first published 1 January 2014)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: GB
• Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
• Imprint: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
• Edition: Digital original
• Format: eBook (EPUB)
• Pages: 320
• Language: English

Reviews

[Whitney @ First Impressions Reviews]

Fond of:
It was well written and descriptive to a t.

The characters were not lacking in development adding a boost to the overall story.

Enjoyed Arthur Conan Doyle's role in the Mary Celeste as I like reading fictional novels on writers, artist etc.

Not fond of:
The plot itself did little to awaken me. I guess I was expecting more on the crew/passengers of the Mary Celeste before its disappearance but instead was presented with a mysterious psychic, of which I'm as much a believer as Houdini after his mother's death.

Final Thoughts:
The Ghost of the Mary Celeste was a little slow paced for me, but that may have to do with the subject matter. Although, I think someone with an interest in the nautical genre would find this intriguing.