Maiden Voyage

Three female thieves, a priceless painting, and a Pinkerton agent aboard the Titanic. What could go wrong?

Colette DuVall, a young jewel thief from Canada, follows Mary Carr, the ’Queen’ of the criminal gang The Forty Elephants, aboard the Titanic to steal a painting by the French master, Blondell. Her resolve weakens when she meets Harry Worth, a young Pinkerton agent hired to safeguard the wealthy passengers during the ship’s maiden voyage. Harry, the son of master criminal Adam Worth, questions his role as a private policeman exacting private justice, and his doubts deepen after losing his heart to the charming Colette. Can two people on opposite sides of the law find love and survive the sinking of the largest object ever made?

Loyalties collide as fiercely as the ship with the iceberg, and as the three struggle to escape the foundering colossus they find that love may be the greatest thief of all.

Bradley Harper MD is a retired US Army pathologist who began writing at sixty-three. His debut novel, A Knife in the Fog published in 2018 placed a young Arthur Conan Doyle on the hunt for Jack the Ripper. The book was a 2019 Edgars Finalist, and is a recommended read by the Doyle estate. The audiobook won Audiofile Magazine’s Earphone Award. Dr. Harper completed an MA in Creative Writing at Napier University in Edinburgh in 2021, and Maiden Voyage was his Masters thesis. You can follow him and learn of his other works at http: //BHarperAuthor.com