A Hanging Matter

Privateersman Mysteries #3

by David Donachie

It wasn't quite the homecoming ex-privateer Harry Ludlow had anticipated. Having cheated death and made a handsome profit into the bargain, Harry and his brother James expected their return home to be quiet - until they become embroiled in a fierce contest between smugglers in the English Channel.

Genres: Historical Fiction, Maritime, Mystery

414 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 11, 1994

About the author

aka Tom Connery, Johnny 'Two Combs' Howard, Jack Ludlow, Jack Cole.

David Donachie was born in Edinburgh in 1944. He has had a variety of jobs, including selling everything from business machines to soap. He has always had an abiding interest in the naval history of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, which he drew upon for the many novels he has set in that period. The author of a number of bestselling books, he lived in Deal with his wife, fellow A&B author Sarah Grazebrook.

Reviews

[Peter]

Highly recommend

[Marc Altman]

Getting better again. I actually cared about the characters this time out. Total missed in terms of the antagonist for the mystery. Very good 'action scenes'. Recommended.

[Gord]

Fun read