Commenter and friend Mary T. likes to read of the sea when near the sea, but that means very different things to different bookstore visitors: seafarers, cottage renters, overnighters, or summer people, like me. The folllowing are some newly published possibles.
LeClair, Jenifer. Rigged For Murder (Windjammer Mysteries)
Set in Maine on a windjammer and featuring a Minneapolis Police detective on leave, this mystery with romance got a “dandy” in the St. Paul (MN) Pioneer Press (2/17/2008). With likely ties to Tenants Harbor, as windjammers sail from nearby Rockland harbor and sometimes stop in Tenants Harbor, this is a Roseledge Books MUST, but for whom? Suggestion from Kathy, my best spotter of the remote.
Pope, Frank. Dragon Sea: A True Tale of Treasure, Archeology, and Greed off the Coast of Vietnam
Adventure on the high seas, a plus. Vietnam might interest the getting-older sailors, even if –or maybe because — the wrecked ship has a boat load of fifteenth century ceramics. In the NYTimes Book Review’s “Paperback Row” of new and noteworthy. Probably for seafarers, maybe veterans, and for sure, me.
Gibbins, David. Crusader Gold
“Underwater adventure” and “unearthed medieval map” (or their equivalent) were the lure words in the NYTimes Book Review “Paperback Best Sellers: Mass-Market Fiction,” and the book, so far, is a good gamble. I’m only on Chapter 3, but the book starts with a great map that includes the Mediterranean and all the North Atlantic Ocean a story needs to include noted stops in England, Greenland, and, yes, the Viking remains in Labrador. Chapter 1 has a quick historical overview of Istanbul, in Chapter 2, the Vinland Map, a long time, if sometimes peripheral interest, is evoked, and Constantine is linked to the Vikings. If I’m really lucky the Irish monks might show up, too. I love this, and those who liked Clive Cussler’s Treasure might, too.
And not to forget:
O’Hanlon, Redmond. Trawler: A Journey Through the North Atlantic
Author O’Hanlon’s travels are always amazing. This time he takes to the sea. North Atlantic alert.