The Midnight Watch by David Dyer

Sometimes the smallest of human failings can lead to the greatest of disasters.

As the Titanic was sinking slowly in the wretchedly cold North Atlantic, she could see the lights of another ship on the horizon. She called for help by Morse lamp and the new Marconi telegraph machine, but there was no response. Just after midnight the Titanic began firing distress rockets.

The other ship, the Californian, saw these rockets but didn't come.
Why not?

It's a question that reporter John Steadman cannot let go. As soon as he lays eyes on the Californian's captain and second officer, he knows a story lurks behind their version of events. Haunted by the fifteen hundred who went to their deaths in those icy waters, and by the loss of his own bay son years earlier, Steadman must either find redemption in the Titanic's tragedy or lose himself.

Based on true events, The Midnight Watch is at once a heart-stopping mystery and a deeply knowing novel - about the frailty of men, the strength of women, the capriciousness of fate and the price of loyalty.

Genres: Historical Fiction - Maritime - American History
Condition: Very good
Published: First published 2016. This edition published in 2017 by Penguin Australia
Pages: 319
ISBN: 9780143783466
Weight: 240g