Smugglers' Reef: A Rick Brant Science-Adventure Story

"Smugglers' Reef: A Rick Brant Science-Adventure Story" by Harold L. Goodwin is a mid-20th-century adventure where young Rick Brant, a science enthusiast, finds himself entangled in a coastal mystery. Living on Spindrift Island, Rick's curiosity is piqued by a wrecked trawler at Smugglers' Reef and the arrival of the mysterious Kelso family at Creek House. With his friends, he begins to uncover secrets hidden within their fishing community, facing smugglers, danger, and a string of puzzling events related to local fisherman Tom Tyler and the peculiar Kelsos: all of which puts his science smarts to the test.