The Lamplighters

3 lighthouse keepers disappear from their post when boat sent out with relief. Story of them, their wives and their disappearance. Historical fiction.

Guess I'm a little slow on the uptake, because I didn't register that this book was based on real events until I had already started reading! Haa! Safe to say that makes it all the more intriguing...based on real people and events, this is a suspenseful mystery that has a crazy good sense of atmosphere. You get that sailor, lighthouse vibe the whole way through, which is a vibe I personally LOOOOVE. All that plus based on real events? Man, Stonex blew me outta the water here.

I need more books about lighthouses in my life. This was wonderful. Being this solitary person who does everything slowly, some of the characters in the story felt relatable in their aloofness towards society. I'm trying to make sense of this, but I can't. I want more like this type of atmospheric, slow, mysterious and solitary type of stories.