Pieces of Eight
Seventh Street Books · Print & ebook · March 16, 2021
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- Who it’s for
- A shipboard murder draws Spider John into conspiracy, pursuit, and an unexpected homecoming.
- Themes
- Murder and conspiracy, Pirate-era violence, A troubled return home
- Pacing
- Fast
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1723—Spider John is almost home, free of the horrors of the pirate life, free of the violence, free of the death. The wife and baby he left behind almost a decade ago are almost within reach. But then a murder aboard Minuet uncovers a deeper conspiracy, and soon Spider and his friends—curmudgeonly Odin, swashbuckling young Hob and alluring Ruth Copper— find themselves in the midst of flintlock smoke and bloodshed.
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The violence follows Spider ashore to Nantucket, where the loving reception he’d dreamed of turns out to be something utterly unexpected. Soon, Spider is running for his life and confronting cutthroats and thieves — while hiding from islanders who think he left a man dead on a widow’s front step. The solution? Find the killer. The consequences? Those could change Spider John’s life forever.
Spider John’s Return
A shipboard murder draws Spider John into conspiracy, pursuit, and an unexpected homecoming.
Come here for
- A murder aboard the Minuet
- Spider John’s uneasy return to Nantucket
Expect
- Flintlock violence at sea and ashore
- A Nantucket murder investigation
Where it sits
| Historical Mystery | 91% |
|---|---|
| Sea Stories | 78% |
| Historical Fiction | 27% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Historical Fiction
- Historical Mystery
- Sea Stories
- Authors
- Steve Goble
- Publisher
- Seventh Street Books
- Published
- March 16, 2021
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Murder and conspiracy · Pirate-era violence · A troubled return home
- Reading lane
- Historical Fiction