The ghost ship

Mosse concludes the Joubert family trilogy that began in The Burning Chambers (2019) and continued in City of Tears (2020) with an exciting yarn set at sea centered on Louise Reydon-Joubert, the granddaughter of the Huguenot couple Minou and Piet, the leads of the first two novels. The third begins in 1610 when Minou and Piet travel from Amsterdam to Paris with 25-year-old Louise to claim her inheritance from her father, a man she never knew. Louise is haunted by hazy memories of her mother's violent death when she was a child, and she yearns for a life on the sea. A decade later, Louise finds her determination never to fall in love tested when she crosses paths with Gilles Barenton, who struggled to escape his abusive mother and live as a boy though he was born female. Louise saves Gilles, but their differences in station and Gilles' secret keep them apart until they both set sail on the Old Moon, where romance and adventure await. A thrilling tale and a rewarding end to the Joubert saga.