The Ghost of the Mary Celeste

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A mystery unsolved to this day A mystic who confounds the cynics A writer looking for the story that will make his name A ghost ship appears in the mist. To the struggling author Arthur Conan Doyle, it is an inspiration. To Violet Petra, the gifted American psychic, it is a cruel reminder. To the death-obsessed Victorian public, it is a fascinating distraction. And to one family, tied to the sea for generations, it is a tragedy. In salons and on rough seas, at seances and in the imagination of a genius, these stories converge in unexpected ways as the mystery of the ghost ship deepens. But will the sea yield its secrets, and to whom?

Valerie Martin is one of America's finest contemporary novelists, best known for her Orange Prize-winning PROPERTY and also the acclaimed MARY REILLY, which was filmed by Stephen Frears. Her most recent novel, her tenth, is THE GHOST OF THE MARY CELESTE. She is the author of three collections of short stories and SALVATION, a biography of St Francis. www.valeriemartinonline.com

THE GHOST OF THE MARY CELESTE is a wonderfully ingenious novel, compelling, convincing and exciting Valerie Martin is a writer of immense talent and insight . . . a beautiful tale of loss, love and the connections that link us . . . THE GHOST OF THE MARY CELESTE offers readers a riveting cast and evocative prose A masterpiece of fine detail and intense reimagining - GUARDIAN Truly haunting . . . brilliantly done - fluently written, vividly imagined, moving and genuinely, chillingly spooky - DAILY MAIL