{"product_id":"9780385533515","title":"The Ghost of the Mary Celeste: A Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003eA captivating, atmospheric return to historical fiction that is every  bit as convincing and engrossing as Martin's landmark \u003ci\u003eMary Reilly\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In 1872 the American merchant vessel \u003ci\u003eMary Celeste\u003c\/i\u003e was discovered adrift off the coast of Spain. Her cargo was intact and  there was no sign of struggle, but the crew was gone. They were never  found.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This maritime mystery lies at the center of an intricate  narrative branching through the highest levels of late-nineteenth-century literary society. While on a voyage to Africa, a  rather hard-up and unproven young writer named Arthur Conan Doyle hears  of the \u003ci\u003eMary Celeste\u003c\/i\u003e and decides to write an outlandish short  story about what took place. This story causes quite a sensation back in  the United States, particularly between sought-after Philadelphia  spiritualist medium Violet Petra and a rational-minded journalist named  Phoebe Grant, who is seeking to expose Petra as a fraud. Then there is  the family of the \u003ci\u003eMary Celeste\u003c\/i\u003e's captain, a family linked to the  sea for generations and marked repeatedly by tragedy. Each member of  this ensemble cast holds a critical piece to the puzzle of the \u003ci\u003eMary Celeste\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e These three elements—a ship found sailing without a crew, a famous  writer on the verge of enormous success, and the rise of an unorthodox  and heretical religious fervor—converge in unexpected ways, in diaries,  in letters, in safe harbors and rough seas. In a haunted, death-obsessed  age, a ghost ship appearing in the mist is by turns a provocative  mystery, an inspiration to creativity, and a tragic story of the  disappearance of a family and of a bond between husband and wife that,  for one moment, transcends the impenetrable barrier of death.","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47164730015984,"sku":"9780385533515","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780385533515_p0.jpg?v=1763694838","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780385533515","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}