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Name of Book: A Bottle of Rum Author: Steve Goble ISBN: 978-1-64506-003-1 Publisher: Seventh Street Books Part of a Series: Spider John Mysteries Type of book: 1723, pirates, insane asylum, mystery, violence, murder, cursing, Spider John, friendship, loyalty Year it was published: 2019 Summary: August, 1723 -- Spider John Rush believes he has escaped piracy forever. Enjoying rum and chess in a dark Lymington tavern, he dreams of finding passage to Nantucket to reunite with his beloved Em and to finally get to know the son he remembers only as a babe in arms, though the lad must be dreaming of going to sea himself by now. But when a lazy taverner is stabbed to death, one glance at the victim tells Spider the pirate life has followed him ashore and he cannot possibly ignore this bloody crime. The wise maneuver would be to run before authorities arrive, but Spider is denied that choice because he’s already deeply, connected to the crime—he fashioned the murder weapon ...

Name of Book: The Devil's Wind Author: Steve Goble ISBN: 978-1-63388-484-7 Publisher: Seventh Street Books Part of a Series: Spider John Mysteries Type of book: 1723, pirates, mystery, love triangle, murder, seas, trap, islands, sailing, deductive reasoning, confrontation Year it was published: 2018 Summary: A historical mystery that blends nautical adventure in pirate waters with a locked-room murder mystery, featuring a pirate sleuth whose wits are as sharp as his blade. Spider John, longing to escape the pirate life he never wanted, has an honest seafaring job at last and a chance to return to his beloved Em and their child. But when Captain Brentwood is murdered in his cabin, Spider’s plans are tossed overboard. Who killed Redemption’s captain? The mysterious pirate with a sadistic past? The beautiful redhead who hides guns beneath her skirt? One of the men pining for the captain’s daughter? There are plenty of suspects. But how could anyone kill th...

Name of Book: The Bloody Black Flag Author: Steve Goble ISBN: 978-1-63388-359-8 Publisher: Seventh Street Books Part of a Series: Spider John Mysteries Type of book: pirates, sea life, murder, mystery, 1722, cursed ship, witch blood, superstition, Year it was published: 2017 Summary: 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. 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, ...