Journalist and author Carol Booker recounts the true story of the 1900 murder of Capt. Littleton Condiff on Solomon's Island. It is more than just a murder mystery. Against the backdrop of the imprisonment and trial of his wife, Bessie, Ms. Booker deftly weaves together the history of Solomon's Island, the harsh life of a waterman, and the texture of daily life in turn-of-the century Maryland.