Murphy and the Mystery of the Black Skull

by Bradford D Smith

Overview

Discover pirates, buried treasure & dark family secrets in this exciting first book of the Alaska Williwaw Mystery Series.

Murphy wasn't out to find a mystery, but one stormy night a mystery found him.

No one will believe Murphy saw a pirate ship in the channel in front of his home in the middle of the night, but Murphy is determined to solve the mystery of the Black Skull. He drags his reluctant cousin Katrina along for the adventure and their quest quickly turns dangerous as they clash with a ruthless villain and his gang of pirates on the streets and waterways of Juneau, Alaska.

During their search for clues, they discover a dark family secret intertwined with the mystery of the pirates and their ship.

It is a race to solve both mysteries as Murphy and Katrina, with the help of his dog Hogan, head bravely into the storm, determined to risk it all to untangle the curious web of lies, murder, and buried treasure.

Fiction with a little fact included ...

Murphy and the Mystery of the Black Skull is sprinkled with real-world places, facts and history.

Juneau and Douglas, AlaskaGastineau ChannelMarine Park and the humpback whale statueJuneau Douglas City MuseumShipwrecksGlossary of Nautical TermsAnd more

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781954896963
Publisher:	Fathom Pub. Co.
Publication date:	07/31/2024
Series:	Alaska Williwaw , #1
Pages:	196
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.25(h) x 0.42(d)
Age Range:	13 - 18 Years

About the Author

Bradford D. Smith grew up as an only child amongst a household of Huskies and Malamutes. At times, he thought they were his siblings. From the age of two, he lived in Atlin, British Columbia, a historic gold mining town nestled deep in the wilderness just south of the Yukon Border and connected to Alaska by the Juneau ice field.Brad grew up without radio or television in a time before video machines and home computers were common. Books and reading were important entertainment and in the dark, subzero winter months, they became paramount to the sound mental survival of many. Brad's mom read to him before he was born and throughout his childhood. This instilled an intense curiosity deep within him and an insatiable appetite to satisfy it.Brad read everything he could find and at a young age, he was reading books his mother enjoyed about arctic explorers, prospectors, trappers and first nations people.His latest book, a young adult mystery, Murphy and the Mystery of the Black Skull, was shaped by his own fascination with the mystery genre as a young adult. Updated to fit today's times, he leans heavily on the style of writing he himself enjoyed as a young teen. This book is sprinkled with real world places and the author's love of history is quickly exposed in this fast-paced adventure.Brad has lived and worked in many places across Alaska over the years including Juneau. He still works in Arctic Alaska seasonally and lives with his wife in central BC, Canada with their pack of dogs.