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title: "A Watery Grave (Wiki Coffin Mysteries, 1)"
brand: "joan druett"
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# A Watery Grave (Wiki Coffin Mysteries, 1)

**Brand:** joan druett
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- **What is this?** A Watery Grave (Wiki Coffin Mysteries, 1) by joan druett
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Very interesting.
  

*by B***N on Reviewed in the United States on June 11, 2014*

This book is written the way historical fiction should be. I will read more of Druett's books.  Time to buy the second book.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    hop aboard mateys, for a great ride!
  

*by J***R on Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2017*

I got this book many many months ago, and finding myself with nothing else to read, gave it a go. Hard to believe it's a debut novel.  Full of adventures on the high seas and the main character Wiki, son of a Salem Captain and New Zealand mother was just great.  I learned quite a bit from this book about how ships were sailed in the 1800s.  Not that I was ever really interested in that, but the author writes so well I was pulled into the story, the characters and all the information about ships.  Can't wait to read the second novel in the series.  Give it a go, I'm sure you will enjoy the characters and the mystery.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Not an O'Brian, But...
  

*by M***E on Reviewed in the United States on November 16, 2009*

I agree with Bozemaniac's comment about the lack of depth when compared to other maritime authors such as, O'Brian, C.S. Forester, Kent, et al.  Other aspects that appeared dubious to me are some of the described handling of the square-rigged sailing vessels of that era and the relaxed discipline of some of the naval officers.  Conversations among the characters are presented in mostly today's vocabulary and employ only bits and pieces of the vernacular of that era, including maritime terms, as opposed to O'Brian and the like.  Subsequently, I feel that author Druett appears to present no intended purpose to emulate the style and depth of the authors mentioned above.  It's simply a much lighter delivery.What I see here is a nicely told sea tale, loosely entwined with the initial days of an historical nautical event (a common ploy of historical fiction authors) blended with a twist of mystery.  Druett's knowledge of native New Zealand and South Seas way of life is thrown in to enhance the main (half-Polynesian) character and does provide some depth too - an interesting approach indeed. As with typical uncomplicated mysteries, I was delighted with its suspenseful climax in the last pages.As I moved through it, I also visualized an intended scope of readership to include teen age.  Well, what a nice way to entice young readership on to the more involved tales of Forester and the like!  However, American maritime writer James Nelson may be a worthy way point in route before the heavy English ship-of-the-line narratives are boarded.  IMHO, Nelson's literary fashion lies betwixt Druett and the O'Brian types.  Plus, Nelson's Biddlecomb and Marlowe series do give a nice feel-good to us Americans.  It's pleasurable for we Yanks to have a morsel of American naval historical fiction in a sea of British well-done novels!So, fellow land lubbers, I plan to clap my eyes on her next sequel or two for some all-plain-sail cruising, wear ship, and then navigate a course into the larger swells of Pope with maybe a Dumas tale and a dash of Sabatini for blue water winter reading!

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