A good naval-themed mystery novel. The protagonist is Wiki Coffin, a half-Maori, half-American taking part in the big 1838 US Navy scientific expedition. This first novel has him investigating a murder that happens just as the ships set off, and some events that occur on the ships in the aftermath of that crime.
The book starts a little slow, with a bunch of exposition about where Wiki came from and so forth, but once the story gets going it's compelling.
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