Also by Joan Druett
IN THE WIKI COFFIN SERIES
A Watery Grave
OTHER FICTION
Abigail
A Promise of Gold
Murder at the Brian Boru
NONFICTION
In the Wake of Madness
Rough Medicine
She Captains
Hen Frigates
The Sailing Circle (with Mary Anne Wallace)
Captain’s Daughter, Coasterman’s Wife
“She Was a Sister Sailor” (editor)
Petticoat Whalers
Fulbright in New Zealand
Exotic Intruders
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Contents
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
Author’s Note
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-Two
Chapter Twenty-Three
Chapter Twenty-Four
Chapter Twenty-Five
Chapter Twenty-Six
Chapter Twenty-Seven
Chapter Twenty-Eight
Chapter Twenty-Nine
Chapter Thirty
Chapter Thirty-One
Chapter Thirty-Three
Chapter Thirty-Four
Chapter Thirty-Five
Chapter Thirty-Six
Epilogue
Suggested Reading
About the Author
Also by Joan Druett
Copyright
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First St. Martin’s Minotaur Paperback Edition: October 2006
eISBN 9781250111982
First eBook edition: December 2015