Review “THE DEEP” By Alma Katsu

Everyone knows the tragic story behind the Titanic; the “unsinkable” ship that sank after colliding with an iceberg. In this riveting version of the catastrophe, Katsu brings us a ghost story that is a clever and haunting way to describe that maybe something more sinister was happening aboard the famous ship.

Annie Hebbley was a stewardess on the Titanic. She was no one special, having run away from her family in the small town of Ballintoy for her own, personal reasons. But Annie soon becomes someone of interest among the rich passengers she cares for. There is Mark and his wife, and Annie volunteers to take care of their infant child. Annie becomes convinced she was meant to meet Mark, even though she can’t think of why. This becomes even more disastrous as mysterious events start happening onboard the ship, including the death of a servant boy, the illness of the infant, and a series of thefts.

But, as we all already know, catastrophe strikes the ship. Annie, who survived the fateful night, gets the chance to work on the sister ship of the Titanic, the Britannic. Though the ship has been converted to a floating hospital for the war happening in 1916, worries still linger. But all these leave when Annie meets Mark again, which Annie considers another fateful meeting. But, as they both soon discover, maybe it is more than fate. Maybe there really is a force pulling them together. And, that force just might be something that neither of them can explain, a spirit from the past who refuses to leave.

With a variety of characters that Katsu intertwines beautifully in the past and present, and rich with historic detail, this is a novel that will have you hoping all of them survive. Katsu is a wordsmith using vivid imagery and beautiful wording to create a story that will leave you wishing there was more.

Reviewed by Bailey Day, author of “The Amazing Imagination Machine,” published by Suspense Publishing, an imprint of Suspense Magazine

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Review “The Deep” by Alma Katsu