The Ghost of the Mary Celeste by Valerie Martin 306 pages
Despite the title, the ship Mary Celeste is only plays a minor role in this novel set in the 19th Century. Its role is more of how the mystery of the abandoned ship with it's missing crew affected the lives of supposedly unrelated people, Sallie Briggs, Phoebe Grant, Arthur Conan Doyle and spiritualist Violet Petra. Each section is almost an unrelated vignette and we skip among each person recounting a history and as the book progresses we start to see how loss has shaped each person's lives.
If you are expecting a solution to the mystery of the Mary Celeste you will be disappointed as the book offers no concrete solution and ends rather mysteriously and abruptly. Instead you'll be enthralled by the lives and action of each of the main characters and the heartbreak of loss.
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