I love it when Brad Harper makes history come alive by giving it a creative twist. He did it in Knife in the Fog when Sir Arthur Doyle solves the Jack the Ripper Murders. He did it again in Queen's Gambit, foiling the assassination of Queen Victoria. Now, in Maiden Voyage, an art heist is afoot aboard the doomed RMS Titanic. You're in for another great read from a master writer.”
~John DeDakis, Author, Writing Coach, Former Senior Copy Editor for CNN's "The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer."
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Being a Titanic historian for the past 45 years, this book brings the tragic events to life, Dr. Harper's characters and story make the reality of the disaster all the more compelling!
~ W.E. Brower Jr., Author, Filmmaker and Titanic historian
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Maiden Voyage by Bradley Harper is a perfect combination of Titanic fact and Titanic fiction. This book is guaranteed to grip the reader in suspense, while attempting to figure out which characters are the result of an excellent creative mind, and which characters are the result of an exceptional piece of historical research.
~Clifford Ismay, Author of Understanding J Bruce Ismay
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Maiden Voyage is a masterwork of sleight-of-hand, set amidst the historical backdrop of the ill-fated Titanic, a heist wrapped in heartbreak and history. Author Bradley Harper's voice is clear, stylish and unsentimental, the kind that makes you forget what century you're in, and sails us straight into the icy breath of fate with characters as crooked and compelling as a hog leg revolver. You come for the caper, but you stay for the cold reckoning of character under pressure. This is genre fiction with a literary heartbeat, and I highly recommend it!
~ Baron Birtcher, award-winning author of Knife River
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Dr Bradley Harper’s Maiden Voyage is a rollicking historical fiction novel that draws you into a robust and rich world of crime, tragedy, and redemption. Filled with characters that crackle with intelligence, this book puts the reader squarely in the middle of a fast-paced battle of wits and wills that I didn’t want to leave. Harper’s prowess as an expert researcher is on full display. The fictional and historical figures are painted with the same fine brush, expertly blending the lines between what was and what might have been. As a retired law enforcement officer, I am almost ashamed to say who I was rooting for. Almost.
~ D. Werkmeister, Retired FBI Agent and author of the supernatural thrillers VOLK and Skinwalkers
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In a sea of Titanic retellings, Maiden Voyage is an absolute triumph of historical fiction that transforms the famous tragedy into a high-stakes game of cat and mouse aboard the ill-fated ship. Drawing on real-life historical figures and true facts about the Titanic, the story is full of fresh angles and intrigue as a Pinkerton agent and a sophisticated gang of female thieves tangle over a valuable painting being shipped aboard the liner’s first Atlantic crossing.
With smoothly flowing prose, Maiden Voyage delivers characters who command attention, an original plot full of shifting alliances, and a terrifyingly thrilling climax as the ship sinks. It’s a must-read for anyone who loves a clever heist, a well-researched historical setting, and a page-flipping pace.
~Carmen Amato, author of the Galliano Club and Detective Emilia Cruz series
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Maiden Voyage is everything you want in a caper and nothing you’d guess as a bold band of female thieves leaves England in pursuit of a priceless painting—aboard RMS Titanic. Odds are against the Forty Elephants, a determined London street gang sneaking aboard the doomed liner to face shipboard foes, class barriers and a determined Pinkerton detective savvy to their ways but soft on one beautiful thief. Award-winning historical novelist Dr. Bradley Harper transports us deep below decks, through elegant halls and perilous lifeboats, sharing the food, fashion and foppery of an upper class raided by an honorable but cutthroat band whose thievery rivals Fagin’s. Titanic sinks and enemies clash but hearts will soar as Maiden Voyage reaches its inevitable but still surprising end.
~Mark Bergin, award-winning author of Apprehension
