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The Barbary Coast, 1621. A mysterious vessel floats silently on the water. It is known only as the Ghost Ship. For months it has hunted pirates to liberate those enslaved by corsairs, manned by a courageous crew of mariners from Italy and France, Holland and the Canary Islands. But the bravest among them are not who they seem. The stakes could not be higher. If arrested, they will be hanged for their crimes. Can they survive the journey and escape their fate?

Seren Doughty is a forty-two-year-old author who has written nothing in the five years since her daughter's murder. Divorced and alone in her Edinburgh flat, Seren's only relationship has been with Alex, a library research assistant too young and eager for her. So when her former editor approaches her agent with the idea for a ghost story, Seren immediately thinks of the abandoned island of Finish in the Outer Hebrides and seizes the opportunity to commit herself to a new project.

Grand Cayman Island. AJ Bailey wishes she could forget her friend’s tragic death. Yet, the crystal-blue Caribbean offers none of its usual comfort. Especially when an expedition brings her across the floating, naked body of a drowned teenager. Haunted by the memories of her lost friend, AJ involves the local police service before moving on with her business.

The year is 1950, and a great tragedy has struck the town of Crowford. Three local men have been killed in a storm, after their fishing boat the Mercy Belle sank. A mysterious fourth man, however, was rescued. Nobody knows who he is, or what he was doing on the Mercy Belle...and the man has lost his memory.

Natalie and Rose are transported in their imaginations to the Atlantic Ocean in 1943, where one of their ancestors survived in a lifeboat for 50 days. Natalie struggles when her daughter, Rose, is diagnosed with type-1 diabetes, but the researching and retelling of Grandad Colin's story provides them both with a way to fight through. Louise Beech has always been haunted by the sea, and regularly writes travel pieces for the Hull Daily Mail, where she was a columnist for ten years.

Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Captain of the Pole-Star is a collection of mystery tales about amnesia, sea voyages, shipwrecks, lost love, and heists. It includes humorous stories and fairy tales.

When Tom Doherty saved the souls of ghost soldiers from the War of 1812 on a remote lighthouse island, he had no idea he'd opened a portal to the dead, awakening spirits with unresolved issues to terrify the living. In order to stop the hauntings, and the horrifying apparition of a Victorian woman who can animate the dead, Tom must uncover long-buried secrets that threaten to take him beyond the brink of sanity, to a place no mortal should go.

After losing his trooper partner, Charlie, in a recovery dive, Gabe Jones is not prepared for what he discovers when he attempts to investigate the scene of Charlie’s death. In the murky waters of the Florida panhandle, Gabe questions his partner’s departed spirit and uncovers an underwater graveyard, along with a dire warning that more deaths are coming if he doesn’t stop the killer.

K.T. Tomb takes an infamous page from history and recreates it as a sweeping adventure thriller and undersea treasure hunt in Ghosts of the Titanic. First, she takes listeners back to 1912 and the maiden voyage. Forbidden Russian lovers - Stephan Ivanovich, a peasant farmer, and Darya Nikita, an aristocrat with a dowry of diamonds - board the Titanic so they can elope and enjoy a life together in America.

He always knew that his ancestor was a brutal pirate back in the 1600s. As a kid he use to daydream about him. He always played the part of a pirate in all the games. When his new girlfriend suggested that they take a vacation in the Caribbean he was anxious to go. He was especially motivated during the last few weeks because he could not get his old pirate ancestor out of his mind. He seemed to have vivid images of him killing people and hiding treasure.

A golden doubloon lands on Ginger's feet while walking up the beach of Virginia's Chincoteague's Island. Ginger and her husband, curious about the medallion, visit a local museum seeking artifacts. A chance encounter with a wharf, a local historian, and a coin collector brings them to uncover the historical significance of the medallion.