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Reviewed by Kimberlee J Benart for Readers' Favorite
Feed the Crow by John W. Bebout is a historical novel set in the Florida Keys and the Caribbean in the mid-1800s. Weaving fictional characters with historical ones, it follows the adventures and sometimes near-deadly “close calls” of a recently widowed young female Pinkerton detective named Kate Warne. She attempts to track down a pirate who has captured the cargo, ship, and crew of a client in Florida who is also her friend. Making the task a bit odd is that piracy had effectively ended in the Caribbean some years before, and this new pirate goes by the name of one who is dead. Will Kate’s plan for ransoming the crew and capturing the pirate succeed, or will the pirate outwit her after all?
In Feed the Crow, John W. Bebout has given us an entertaining adventure story based on the fascinating character of a real-life Pinkerton agent. Kate Warne was the first woman hired as a detective and eventually became the superintendent of women detectives as she paved the way for others to follow. This is Bebout’s third novel to feature her, and the well-paced plot is imaginatively crafted to hold the reader in suspense to the very end. Warne’s character as a young woman of intelligence, logic, and courage is finely drawn, and the tropical settings are vividly described through the culture, cuisine, climate, and people that she encounters. I enjoyed this story, and it inspired me to read more of Kate’s adventures, both fictional and historical.
