Wiki Coffin, American-Maori linguist, sails aboard the US Exploring Expedition launched to put America at the forefront of nineteenth-century scientific discovery. His skills in Portuguese have him posted to Shark Island off the Brazilian coast to investigate a report of pirates. Intrigued, he sets out with Captain George Rochester and the despicable Lieutenant Forsythe to the uninhabited island where they find a wrecked sealing ship, and its desperate crew. But when the ship's captain is murdered, all fingers point to Forsythe. Wiki knows that Forsythe is capable of such violence, but he believes him innocent and is duty-bound to prove it for the sake of the expedition. Is this a case of mutinous sealers taking the law into their own hands? Is it murky secrets from the past come back to haunt a dishonest and dishonourable captain? Or is Shark Island home to something more sinister than a few lonely goats?
"A seven ship exploration set sail in order to advance America's scientific knowledge. They soon encountered a wrecked ship on Shark Island and the captain of the expedition turns up dead. Who could have done such a thing and what were their motives?"
"Wiki Coffin, American-Maori linguist, sails aboard the US Exploring Expedition launched to put America at the forefront of nineteenth-century scientific discovery. His skills in Portuguese have him posted to Shark Island off the Brazilian coast to investigate a report of pirates. Intrigued, he sets out with Captain George Rochester and the despicable Lieutenant Forsythe to the uninhabited island where they find a wrecked sealing ship, and its desperate crew. But when the ship's captain is murdered, all fingers point to Forsythe. Wiki knows that Forsythe is capable of such violence, but he believes him innocent and is duty-bound to prove it for the sake of the expedition. Is this a case of mutinous sealers taking the law into their own hands? Is it murky secrets from the past come back to haunt a dishonest and dishonourable captain? Or is Shark Island home to something more sinister than a few lonely goats?"@en
""When they encounter a wrecked sealing ship and its desperate crew on the shoals of remote, uninhabited Shark Island, Wiki has little idea just how many of his skills are about to be put to the test. As soon as they board the wreck, a dead body turns up with a dagger firmly inserted between its shoulder blades. And it's not just any dead body: the victim of the brutal murder is none other than the enigmatic captain of the doomed voyage. What's more, Wiki's colleague and nemesis Lieutenant Forsythe is suspected of the crime. Knowing full well that Forsythe is capable of such violence, Wiki nonetheless believes him innocent and is duty-bound to prove it for the good of the expedition"--The publisher."
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