Book Review: The Assiduous Quest of Tobias Hopkins

By James Faro

This is a nice mystery tale of a somewhat eccentric merchant captain called Tobias Hopkins. Fortune appears to be against our hero, but through this story, he manages to turn fortune back to his side – in part thanks to the guiding hand of his lost father. The writing is well constructed and cleverly toned to the 18th century (ish) where our novel is set. It was a bit slow for my liking, and I can’t say I ever felt overly attached to any of the characters, but it was an interest...