The Bloody Black Flag
A Spider John Mystery
Seventh Street Books · Print & ebook · September 12, 2017
Agatha Christie meets Patrick O'Brian in the first book in a new series of swashbuckling historical mysteries featuring Spider John Rush, a most reluctant pirate.
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- Who it’s for
- A murder mystery finds little room for law aboard a pirate ship.
- Genres
- Historical Mystery, Sea Stories, Action & Adventure
- Published
- Seventh Street Books, September 12, 2017
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Agatha Christie meets Patrick O'Brian in the first book in a new series of swashbuckling historical mysteries featuring Spider John Rush, a most reluctant pirate. 1722--aboard a pirate ship off the American Colonial Coast. Spider John Rush never wanted to be a pirate, but it had happened and he'd learned to survive in the world of cut and thrust, fight or die. He and his friend Ezra knew that death could come at any moment, from grapeshot or storm winds or the end of a noose.
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But when Ezra is murdered in cold blood by a shipmate, Spider vows revenge. On a ship where every man is a killer many times over, how can Spider find the man who killed his friend? There is no law here, so if justice is to be done, he must do it. He will have to solve the crime and exact revenge himself. One wrong step will lead to certain death, but Spider is determined to look into the dying eyes of the man who killed his friend, even if it means his own death.
No Law Afloat
A murder mystery finds little room for law aboard a pirate ship.
Come here for
- Shipboard sleuthing where every suspect is a seasoned killer
- Historical sea adventure with danger close at hand
Expect
- A reluctant pirate pursuing justice without a law to call on
- Cutlass-era peril, storm winds, and a race against death
Where it sits
| Historical Mystery | 89% |
|---|---|
| Sea Stories | 74% |
| Action & Adventure | 48% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Historical Fiction
- Historical Mystery
- Sea Stories
- Authors
- Steve Goble
- Publisher
- Seventh Street Books
- Published
- September 12, 2017
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Historical Fiction