The Guns of Tortuga

In murky Tortuga, which our heroes are not familiar with, people are getting murdered left and right. From sea battles to swordplay, this book has everything you would think pirates would do. The boy does things that seem realistic for his age (which is the same as mine). He doesn't load cannons or slay pirates himself, but he is a spy and assistant surgeon. There's constant action and surprises, twists and turns and deadly encounters.I finished it in one sitting.The same authors wrote the Wishbone Mystery series. In those books, they leapt from one plot to another too quickly, and the mysteries set in the present weren't very exciting. They write better with one story to tell, and The Guns of Tortuga's hero can fight, battle and spy because he has to do these things to survive.