The Golden Voyage

When Detective Sergeant James Mendick is sent to find the Duke of Mathon's stolen yacht, he soon realises that this is no ordinary case. Trapped aboard a mysterious ship sailing the South Atlantic, he finds himself in a world of cut-throats, criminals and a captain strangely obsessed with Greek mythology. Accompanied only by the likes of Liverpool packet-rats and a spirited fiddle-playing female sailor, Mendick must do his duty and navigate his way to the truth.
Who would go to such lengths to steal a steam yacht, and why?

Following A Burden Shared and The Darkest Walk, The Golden Voyage is the third in the series of Victorian crime novels featuring Scotland Yard Detective James Mendick.

Auteur

Malcolm Archibald, has worked as a lecturer and in historical research as well as in a variety of other jobs. He writes historical fiction and non-fiction with the occasional venture into folklore, and believes that history should be accessible to everyone. A winner of The Dundee Book Prize, 2005, he has published several novels. Among the most notable are Whales for the Wizard, Powerstone, Mother Law and The Darkest Walk. His non-fiction titles include A Sink of Atrocity: Crime of 19th Century Dundee and Glasgow: The Real Mean City: True Crime and Punishment in the Second City of Empire. Malcolm lives in Moray with his wife Cathy.