Cork of the Colonies

by S.S. Rafferty

Book Overview

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0930330110
• ISBN13: 9780930330118
• Release Date: January 1984
• Publisher: Intl Polygonics Ltd
• Length: 311 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.3" x 0.8" x 4.8"

Customer Reviews

better than sherlock, more noteworthy than Poirot

Capt Jeremy Cork traveled around the Early American Colonies solving crimes and drinking Apple Knock. Rafferty certainly did his research on this one!! An Enjoyable read.. left me wanting more Rafftery.

An American Sherlock Holmes

This book is a collection of thirteen stories that originally appeared in the Ellery Queen Mystery magazine. There is one story for each of the thirteen American colonies, with some focus or other on the local points of interest in a given colony somewhere between 1760 and 1778.The hero is Captain Jeremy Cork, a larger than life gentleman adventurer, who is famous for two things; a mixed alcoholic beverage known as "Apple Knock", and his interest in what he calls "social puzzles" (crimes).The Captain's long-suffering financial yeoman fills the role of Watson, by accompanying Captain Cork on his cases and narrating the tales. Both characters are pretty much Sherlock and Watson, except they are both a bit more flamboyant and colorful. They play off each other well, as Cork annoys his friend with a complete disinterest in business (in fact, Cork owns a ship that transports goods all around the ports of the Colonies, yet he himself never sails in it), while his friend hates the bother of social puzzles (yet accompanies Cork anyway to find out what happens and to offer what help he can). The stories are entertaining, and the idea of a Colonial Sherlock Holmes is pretty interesting. The book even contains the recipes for the Captain's Summer and Winter versions of Apple Knock (though the author gives the disclaimer it is just for reference!).