Overview
Nobody stopped him. Nobody ever did. At twenty-four, Nosaj signs on to a cruise ship to disappear: one firefighter among thirteen hundred crew from ninety-one countries. It works better than he planned. He carries a key that opens every door on the ship, and nobody watches the man who checks the fire doors. In port after port, officials stamp his seaman's book without looking up. Somebody notices. One night a slip of paper turns up in the back pages: "Forty-one ports. Never once stopped. Have you wondered why?" For years he passes along what he sees, and never learns who is asking. Then a drop in Montevideo goes wrong, and a man goes off a hotel roof at ten past three in the morning. After that, a patient officer in a gray cap begins to appear on the quays, looking for a sailor who travels alone. So Nosaj stops traveling alone. He invites Mik, a diner cook who has never been anywhere, aboard for the trip of her life. She is the perfect cover. She is also the first person who has ever looked straight at him. From Valpara so to Singapore to a crowded street in the Midwest, The Quiet Hull follows one man through twenty years, three daughters, and a marriage built around a room his wife has never opened. A slow-burn espionage thriller about dead drops, a twenty-year manhunt, and the hardest assignment a spy can be given: an ordinary life.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9798160301815
- ISBN-10: 9798160301815
- Publisher: Independently Published
- Publish Date: October 2026
- Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.8 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.05 pounds
- Page Count: 358
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