The Secret Sharer (Hollis)

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The Secret Sharer by Joseph Conrad
Unnamed captain narrates - new command - insecure leader - naked swimmer - Leggatt - admitted murderer - excaped from the ship Sephora - hidden in (shares) captains cabin - avoids steward - visit from Captain Archbold - perilously near to rocky shore - allows Leggatt's excape.
A quick read written as a break from work on one of Conrad's novels.

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