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Ghost Ship: The Mysterious True Story of the Mary Celeste and Her Missing Crew
by Brian Hicks
from Ballantine Books
Customer Reviews:
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 
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A Sea-faring family tragedy
Like Hicks, I was introduced to the story of the Mary Celeste in the alien-occultic atmosphere at the height of the Bermuda Triangle era. So, I read his book, as he wrote it, to find out what really happened and discover that, based on his forensic research and reality-based deduction, that the truth was indeed probably stranger than fiction.
Not to spoil the story, the Mary Celeste was found floating adrift, empty, and undamaged by seas in 1872, a month after leaving New York headed for Spain with a... more info
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Riveting account with well thought out conclusions ! 
Well written and enjoyable read that is intellectual and factual. Mr Hicks does a wonderful job with backstory and biographical information without going overboard (no pun intended). His conclusions are riveting and well thought out and are also very plausible. I would recommend this book to anyone who has even a remote interest in the subject matter.
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Kindle Edition Notes
A few notes for the Kindle edition of this book: No real problems with the text, but all footnote annotations within the body of the book are lost, i.e. footnotes still exist at the book's end but there are no links to them. Reading footnotes out of context is meaningless, and source references are not useful in this way. Most pictures come through fine with good resolution, save for a map and a chart which are too finely drawn for the Kindle screen. Not a big deal, I know the geography anyway. I suppose... more info
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Case closed, as far as I'm concerned
A neat little book and an interesting read. The explanation put forward by Brian Hicks makes perfect sense and accounts for all the oddities. Mystery solved, as far as I'm concerned.
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