The Ghost Ship Gerrie Ferris Finger Books
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A time travel romantic suspense
The Ghost Ship Gerrie Ferris Finger Books
I lecture on cruise ships from time to time, and so was attracted to "The Ghost Ship," which is based on the mysterious and famous 1921 wrecking of the Carroll A. Deering, a five-masted commercial schooner, that formed part of my shipboard lecture dealing with the Bermuda Triange. Along with the Mary Celeste, this is one of the most famous maritime mysteries.Gerrie Ferris Finger has mined what is known or surmised about the last voyage of the Carroll A. Deering with expertise and discretion. Her plot lines hold together well, and her research is solid. But the book is an entertaining work of fiction, and the reader certainly isn't in a classroom! I for one have passed by the Outer Banks several times on my way from our home in Maryland to South Carolina. Now I'm so intrigued by the area she describes that we'll surely stop for a rewarding visit.
There is a lot to like about this book. I'll just cite the characters she has created. I expect main characters to be vivid and three dimensional, and hers are. The surprise, though, is that her secondary characters are just as engaging. From Mrs. Sweeney the B and B keeper, to Missi the newspaper vamp, these are real people, and they interact perfectly with the main characters, Ann Gavrion and her on again off again romance, the enigmatic Rod. (I can see the actress who plays the evil mayor in the current television series, Once Upon A Time, as Missi. Can't you?) And a cameo scene in which Ann refrains from hurting her well meaning parents is a gem, all the more so since it is not overly polished. Well done!
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The Ghost Ship Gerrie Ferris Finger Books Reviews
I have to admit upfront that I am a skeptic when it comes to reported paranormal experiences including mortal encounters with the spirit world. But I'm a fan of nautical lore, especially ships that have disappeared without a trace or have shown up adrift and bereft of crew. The author's belief that there is something to the alleged spectral presence of the Deering's crew and passengers enlivens her story and brings this dormant lost ship episode to life as no mere "documentary" account can. I can't say whether she has convinced me about the eternal existence of the unrequited souls lost in the disappearance of the ship, but Ms Finger's book has entertained me as well as provided much information and food for thought. Well done---and worth a read for anyone, be they cynic (like myself) or simply someone who enjoys a well-told nautical yarn.
I would have given this book 4 stars based on the story, which I enjoyed, but I'm giving it 3 stars because of the blatant mistakes throughout the book that are distracting and annoying. Self-published authors need to hire a professional editor/copy editor, or at least a proofreader before publishing. If you don't, your product lacks professionalism. Examples of the inconsistencies in this book are punctuation is missing or misplaced, words are spelled wrong (conscious for conscience and your for you're), and words are spelled differently in different spots in the book (Missi/Missy/Miss, Poblo/Pablo, McNamara/McNamral, sugah/sugar). Also, I understand wanting to use the vernacular of a character from the south, but the use of "sugah" by at least two characters over and over again was, for me, too much and over the top. If editing mistakes really bug you, I'd say skip this book. If you don't care about that sort of thing, this is a good story that did hold my interest, despite it being a very long novel.
Ann Gavrion, a magazine writer still mourning the death of her fiancé, comes to Cape Hatteras. Stopping in at a local bar, she sees a painting on the wall titled THE GHOST SHIP OF DIAMOND SHOAL. "She looked up at the ship and thought how beautiful it was, and how it waited for something to happen. Like me."
Boyd, her late fiancé, loved the place. Memories crowd in. With a storm brewing she goes for a walk on the beach, sees the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse where it shouldn't be and with no warning is pulled back in time to 1921. She sees men, women and children rushing toward the sea, crying "Shipwreck," and meets an attractive seaman named Lawrence Curator.
They are both aware she is from a different time but they have a common goal--to find out what caused the sinking of the Carroll A. Deering. Despite his objections, Ann is determined to follow Lawrence as he takes her back even earlier, to Rio de Janeiro where the Deering has delivered a load of coal. At Lawrence's instruction and for her own protection, Ann hides her long hair under a bucket hat and pretends to be a boy--"a Swedish young man with no English, and an interest in the sea."
The scene shifts to Barbados where McClellan, the surly first mate, is jailed as a drunk. The captain bails him out, and Lawrence gives McClellan's scrimshaw scimitar knife to Ann as a souvenir of Rio. Lawrence may be a ghost but in his time he's real, and she feels safe with him.
Back at sea, she wants to warn the captain to change his course and avoid running aground but Lawrence says, "What's past is unalterable." Ann witnesses a murder on board. The crew and the captain's belongings disappear. In the galley, a meal is still set out. Apparently some disaster took the crew by surprise. Mutiny? Pirates?
Lawrence tries to prepare her for his departure, telling her "When you return, you will be exactly as you were when you left. A few moments will have gone by, that's all." The ship is scuttled and she washes ashore at Cape Hatteras in present time.
She's pulled to safety by a marine biologist named Rod. His real name is Lawrence Rodrick Curator, named for his great-grandfather who went down with his ship while investigating the Deering shipwreck. He's furious when Ann insists she has been with his great-grandfather.
Ann visits the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum and confides in Poblo Quintrano, the acting curator, who promptly alerts the media. Reporters descend in droves. Ann escapes back to Atlanta, where her publisher asks her to take a month off. She leaves his office, knowing she will not return, and heads back to hide out in a quiet place until the furor dies down. So begins the nightmare of trying to convince anyone that she really did travel back in time and witness what happened to the Deering.
I downloaded THE GHOST SHIP to my for PC file and sat up all night to read it. More than one mystery is solved in this story, keeping me continually curious to find out "what happened next."
I lecture on cruise ships from time to time, and so was attracted to "The Ghost Ship," which is based on the mysterious and famous 1921 wrecking of the Carroll A. Deering, a five-masted commercial schooner, that formed part of my shipboard lecture dealing with the Bermuda Triange. Along with the Mary Celeste, this is one of the most famous maritime mysteries.
Gerrie Ferris Finger has mined what is known or surmised about the last voyage of the Carroll A. Deering with expertise and discretion. Her plot lines hold together well, and her research is solid. But the book is an entertaining work of fiction, and the reader certainly isn't in a classroom! I for one have passed by the Outer Banks several times on my way from our home in Maryland to South Carolina. Now I'm so intrigued by the area she describes that we'll surely stop for a rewarding visit.
There is a lot to like about this book. I'll just cite the characters she has created. I expect main characters to be vivid and three dimensional, and hers are. The surprise, though, is that her secondary characters are just as engaging. From Mrs. Sweeney the B and B keeper, to Missi the newspaper vamp, these are real people, and they interact perfectly with the main characters, Ann Gavrion and her on again off again romance, the enigmatic Rod. (I can see the actress who plays the evil mayor in the current television series, Once Upon A Time, as Missi. Can't you?) And a cameo scene in which Ann refrains from hurting her well meaning parents is a gem, all the more so since it is not overly polished. Well done!
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