The Mystery of Seal Islands

In 1931, when female aviators were still extraordinary figures, Harrison Bardwell introduced Roberta Langwell, a young pilot who wins her own plane through aerial skill and finds herself drawn into something far more dangerous than the open sky. Roberta's troubles begin when she agrees to fly Mrs. Pollzoff, an eccentric passenger obsessed with the ocean and strangely insistent on traveling beyond lawful boundaries. As unsettling events accumulate: a break-in at her family hangar, her passenger's increasingly bizarre behavior, and the growing certainty that she's transporting someone with secrets to hide, Roberta must decide whether to trust her instincts or dismiss them as paranoia. The novel moves between warm domestic scenes with her brother and parents and the mounting tension of flights that grow more ominous with each journey. It's a period piece that captures an era when taking to the skies was still an act of genuine courage, particularly for women, and offers straightforward adventure mixed with a light mystery that rewards patient readers.