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Just four months after the sinking of the Titanic, THE UNION JACK responded to the huge public interest with this well-plotted and beautifully written Sexton Blake story. For the 21st century reader, it is a genuine slice of history; a masterly portrayal of the shock, horror and sheer disbelief that greeted the sinking of the huge liner. There are some wonderfully evocative scenes: hundreds of the passengers and crew go down with the ship, leaving just a few clinging to flotsam. Desperately, Blake searches for Tinker. He finds him but, when the piece of wreckage the lad is holding onto fails to support the additional weight, Blake swims away. It’s a heart-rending moment. Undoubtedly, this is one of the highlights of the whole Sexton Blake canon.