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Title: Blue at Half-Staff
Review: A disappointing series of vignettes with major gaps in the story line. As a retired naval officer I'm aware that there is very little reportable during a long sea voyage, but the author hasn't provided bridges between the events he does report. Maturin seems the main character in this one. Hopefully, the next book (and I presume there's one in the works as "Blue at the Mizzen" appears only at the next-to-last page of this one) will be better.
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