The Ghost of the Mary Celeste

Valerie Martin

The Mary Celeste is one of the great unsolved mysteries of maritime history. Discovered adrift 600 miles west of Portugal in early December, 1872, the ship was bereft of captain and crew, even though it was seaworthy and had a six-month supply of food and water.

Piracy? Mutiny? Did the crew and a well-respected captain — along with his wife and two-year-old daughter — abandon ship for a lifeboat and perish? Or were sinister forces at play?