Captain Sky

Ah... That was a quick reply. Of course It's "The Riddle of the Sands". I do remember now. Erskine Childers wrote it. Janet! You are my lucky star this summer! Well done and thank You so much for all Your help. C S

Hello my fellow readers... I have a riddle for You. A book that has been considered: Probably the first "Secret agent" novel of modern times. I remember reading that quotation somewhere... From what I remember, It's been a while now, It took place (Wild guess) somewhere down the coastline from Wilhelmshaven in Deutschland to Almere in The Nederlands. A single sailor in a small boat becomes intrigued by some mysterious behaviours among some rather obscure characters, lurking in the shadows in the waterlandcsape. In the end, It's all about top-level international political affairs. And that's just about everything I can recall. Well There's a portion of sailing aswell. The time for theese events would be: World War One(1914-18) The bad seed in this enchanting cup cake is that I don't remember the name of the novel or the name of the author. Can You help? C S

Yes that's the one I've been looking for. From the bottom of my heart - Thank You so very much. Did I say this was a place where enigmas were solved?

Finally, I've found a place were my enigma can be solved... Way back in time (30 years) I read a novel that occasionally have been haunting me. The story is about this person that might be a native american. After been released from mental hospital he make plans for his revenge and captures his former, imaginary tormentors and psychologists from the hospital. Maybe 3 or 4 people. He brings them all out into the deadly desert and then he abandon them there. From then on, the story deals with their struggling to survive and defeat the kidnapper, who's watching them from a distance and sometimes interfering in the process. From what I remember they managed to escape from their enemy, but I'm not up for spoilers so the ending is an open question. I have no idea what this is but there's a name that keep coming to me... Taggart. But I'm not sure, so let's not get stuck with that. The cover was rather simple in a lightbrown, sandy paper tone and the title was typed in a kind of shattered, broken glass style. Something like the one I've attached. Any idéas? Sincerely thankful in advance. Captain Sky