A Sequel to The Riddle of the Sands

[HenryC]

The Shadow in the Sands
by Sam Llewellyn

I almost forgot!  "The Riddle of the Sands" (Childers) has a modern sequel, "The Shadow in the Sands" by contemporary nautical writer Sam Llewellyn.  I read it a few years ago (it was in the public library) and I found it quite entertaining. In my opinion, it is almost as good as "Riddle". 

The story picks up where "Riddle" leaves off, but continues with many of the same characters and story lines, set in the same coastline, the German North Sea Coast and the Frisian Islands.  The link below will give you some reviews and a place to order. Here is one of them:

"Sam Llewellyn's latest sailing mystery novel is a departure from others he has written. Set in the early 1900 in England - and off the coast of Germany- it is written as the memiors of a young man who captains the racing yachts for "gentleman." Charlie Webb, orphaned before his teens, starts out fishing for a living and can not understand people who "sail for pleasure" but, for extra money, he agrees to captain a gentleman's yacht. His talent for winning earns him a share of the prize money, and a nautical encounter with the Kaiser. A few years later, that encounter sets up an unwanted assignment by a mysterious Duke, a man Charlie hasn't trusted for a day. This voyage is full of twists and turns, literally and figuratively, right to the last. Witten in the first person, using the speech and slang of the early 1900's, the story is still fast-paced and full of sailing detail, but at times, difficult to follow. English readers will have less objection to the prose, and Llewellyn fans will find it worth the effort. "

I'm sorry it took so long for me to remember this, I read it just a couple of years ago!   Must be another of those senior moments.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/0747260052/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1