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Sea Whispers
Hardcover
Mystery & ThrillerClassic FictionGeneral Fiction
ISBN13: 9781667665894
Publisher: Wildside Press
Published: Mar 19 2026
Pages: 124
Weight: 0.71
Height: 0.44 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A lonely night-watchman on a fog-draped Thames wharf finds himself an unwilling guardian of young lovers escaping an abusive suitor. His gruff exterior masks a buried empathy, and what begins as a simple eviction turns into a quiet orchestration of justice-using deception, a boxer, and a stolen skiff to secure their freedom.
As the watchman navigates the moral ambiguities of his actions, he becomes both protector and puppeteer, manipulating circumstances to protect the vulnerable while shielding himself from the consequences. His past losses-a dog stolen, a painter driven mad, a failed romance-echo in every decision, revealing a man who believes solitude is the only safe harbor.
But when the lovers' escape is nearly complete, the watchman's own sense of justice demands payment. In a final twist of bitterness and irony, he extracts his due from the very boy he helped, leaving behind not a savior, but a man who knows the cost of kindness-and the weight of what's owed.
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