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Deadly Shoals (Wiki Coffin Mysteries)
Deadly Shoals - Wiki Coffin Mysteries
Author: Joan Druett
      Wiki Coffin plays many parts on the U.S. Exploring Expedition---sailor, linguist, navigator, and, as half-Maori, cultural go-between. But then the brig Swallow reaches the coast of Patagonia, an area infamous for its rough gauchos and revolutionary spirit, and he must take on his other role, that of agent of U.S. law and order.     ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780312353377
ISBN-10: 0312353375
Publication Date: 12/10/2007
Pages: 304
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Publisher: Minotaur Books
Book Type: Hardcover
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The mystery in this book zips along better than the previous (RUN AFOUL), and I liked it quite a lot. It's still got leisurely bits but also some good action-packed scenes. Trying to piece together the crime, Wiki goes down a number of wrong paths and finally gets to the truth. Loved the part aboard his father's ship, when with their lives in danger Wiki gives unauthorized commands, saving everyone but earning himself a dressing down from the first mate. And Mr. Seward...that went in a direction I wasn't expecting (Druett has written non-fiction about sailors like Mr. Seward, btw) Wiki is a wonderful protagonist, he's young but has traveled widely and seemingly knows someone everywhere they go. Interesting historical tidbits, nice sense of place, good dialogue. There are only five in the series, and I've already read #5 (THE BECKONING ICE), so DEADLY SHOALS finishes the series for me. I've enjoyed them very much.


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