Land Sharks (Sage Adair Historical Mysteries, #2)

This mystery – set in 1902 Portland – shows a colorful but corrupt city.

If you were a single man strolling in Portland's Old Town a century ago, you might have been clubbed, drugged and dragged onto a schooner bound for China or a worm-riddled whaler headed for the Bering Straits. It didn't pay to complain too much–that is, if you didn't want to get thrown into the sea.

The practice was called "shanghaiing" and it was common on the West Coast, with Portland as a key center.

Shanghaiing, pref...