In a blind rage, King James, ex-slave and now Marlowe's comrade in arms, slaughters the crew of a slave ship and makes himself the most wanted man in Virginia.
Palpably tense from the first page, The Blackbirder is a dark, riveting tale of intrigue and espionage from an “extraordinary” Mystery Writers of America Grand Master (The New Yorker). “Without question this is the best book that ...
Finding the Blackbirder is her only chance of escape - but what if the Blackbirder doesn't want to be found? 'Dorothy B. Hughes ranks with Raymond Chandler and Patricia Highsmith as a master of mid-century noir' New York Review of Books
Finding the Blackbirder is her only chance of escape -- but what if the Blackbirder doesn't want to be found?
The Blackbirder
There, in the slave port of Whydah, James and Marlowe face a common threat - and their final showdown. The Blackbirder is the second book of the Brethren of the Coast trilogy. Marlowe's story continues in The Pirate Round.
Thomas Marlowe has freed his slaves, which has made him hugely unpopular with his neighbours. King James, ex-slave & captain of Marlowe's sloop, goes to the rescue of a ship in distress, only to find that it is a slave ship - a blackbirder.