High Wind in Jamaica

“This brilliant” sea adventure is “a powerful . . . meditation on . . . loyalty and betrayal, innocence and corruption, truth and deception” (Francine Prose, Elle)

After a hurricane destroys their Jamaican estate, the Bas-Thornton family send their children on a merchant ship back to England, hoping to restore them to a life of safety and comfort. But shortly after leaving Jamaica, the ship is sei...