Contraband: A Tale of Modern Smugglers

A young traveler aboard a storm-tossed coastal packet pairs with an experienced companion to investigate a modern smuggling ring. Their search moves from shipboard confidences to a lively port café and the island town's waterfront, where local contacts yield leads. The pair follow suspicious craft, stake out a concealed anchorage, and piece together the smugglers' tactics, which involve low tides and lowered masts. Escalating night operations produce a daring escape, a captain's decisive intervention, and a final effort to shut down the covert harbour and end the clandestine traffic.