This audio book was nothing like I expected. From the description of the book online, I would have never suspected I would get an entire history lesson about electrical engineering and the age of wireless. Even as someone who has never greatly enjoyed science, technology, or the detailed descriptions thereof, I still found this book very engaging and interesting. My husband, an electrical engineer, was absolutely fascinated with this book and couldn't get enough. He seemed to already know everything it detailed and was positively giddy to hear of the detailed encounters and competition between inventors.

I expected this book to be a lot more heavy on the murder it contained and the oceanliners than wireless invention. And eventually, it did get to the murder and how the oceanliners all fit into the story. I was patient, and it paid off. Apparently this was a very high profile murder in 1910, yet I had never heard of it, and was pleasantly surprised to learn almost every detail of this grand page in history.

This book was expertly written and there is absolutely no stone unturned. It has oodles and gobs of detail, and at times, I found myself pondering how many years it must've taken the writer to research and write this novel. It is quite a long book, and that is the only reason I don't give it 5 stars. There was a touch too much detail at times, and a few things could have been left out. Otherwise, I found the book most enjoyable, and a complete departure from which I generally delve.

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