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Nilima Rao is a Fijian Indian Australian whose family moved to Australia when she was three years old. She wrangles data in her full-time job, but she started writing historical crime fiction in the early 2020s. Because her great-grandparents were indentured servants in Fiji, she wanted to set her first novel there. As she said in an interview with Strand, her initial plan was to have a dual narrator with one narrator set in the 1910s and another in the present day. When she read, however, about how Sikh police officers were imported to Fiji in the early twentieth century to bolster the fledgling police department, she was inspired to create the character of Sergeant Akal Singh.
In A Disappearance in Fiji, the opening installment in the “Sergeant Akal Singh” series, twenty-five-year-old Akal investigates the disappearance of an indentured servant. Akal has been sent to Fiji because of an embarrassing professional mistake, and he hopes by proving himself on the case he can get back to Hong Kong or his native India. The investigation, however, comes up against the British colonizers in Fiji, particularly the white plantation owners. As Akal’s investigation deepens, he realizes there is much more than just a servant at stake.
“An exceptionally promising debut,” wrote a reviewer in Publishers Weekly. They praised Rao for how she “draws a host of vibrant characters” and how she integrates the conditions faced by the Indian servants into the “propulsive plot.” According to this reviewer, the story is “lively” and “elegantly constructed.” A contributor in Kirkus Reviews had a similar opinion. They called the book a “complex and engaging mystery given even greater weight by its important historical backdrop.” Writing in Booklist, Connie Fletcher lauded the book for being both “an absorbing mystery and a scathing indictment of the cruelties inflicted on indentured servants.” Fletcher called Akal an “insightful, determined main character” and praised the plot as “compelling.”
The series’ second novel, A Shipwreck in Fiji, takes up the story of Sergeant Singh as he tackles another case. Akal is feeling more comfortable in Fiji, but he is often still assigned belittling tasks by his superior, such as chaperoning two European ladies on a sightseeing tour. In doing that, however, he becomes embroiled in the investigation of a gruesome death and the imprisonment of some European sailors. Meanwhile, World War I is well under way, and reports are coming in that Germans are mysteriously hanging around the island of Ovalau.
David Keymer, in Library Journal, described this mystery as “first-rate.” He enjoyed both the “lively story” and the “engaging characters.” He also praised the “fascinating bits about British colonial governance” that Rao includes. A contributor in Publishers Weekly also recommended this one, writing that Rao ties the book’s subplots in “shrewd and satisfying ways.” They also praised Rao’s “sharp observations about colonial rule and classism.” In Booklist, Connie Fletcher continued to enjoy the “stranger in a strange land” theme that grounds the series. As for the mystery, Fletcher found it “intriguing.”
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Booklist, May 1, 2023, Connie Fletcher, review of A Disappearance in Fiji, pp. 26+; May, 2025, Connie Fletcher, review of A Shipwreck in Fiji, pp. 59+.
Kirkus Reviews, April 15, 2023, review of A Disappearance in Fiji.
Library Journal, April, 2025, David Keymer, review of A Shipwreck in Fiji, p. 75.
Publishers Weekly, March 13, 2023, “Just Past Calcutta: PW Talks with Nilima Rao,” author interview, p. 20; April 3, 2023, review of A Disappearance in Fiji, pp. 42+; April 7, 2025, review of A Shipwreck in Fiji, p. 51.
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Nilima Rao website, https://www.nilimarao.com (November 13, 2025).
NZ Booklovers, https://www.nzbooklovers.co.nz/ (June 9, 2023), author interview.
Strand, https://strandmag.com/ (June 29, 2023), author interview.
I am a Fijian Indian Australian, and I’ve always referred to myself as "culturally confused." I have since learned that we are all confused in some way, have been published on the topic by Australia’s Special Broadcasting Service and I now feel better about the whole thing. When I’m not writing, I can be found wrangling data (the dreaded day job) or wandering around Melbourne laneways in search of the next new wine bar. My first novel, A Disappearance in Fiji was an Amazon top 20 debut for 2023, and the second in the series, A Shipwreck in Fiji is out now.
Interview with Nilima Rao
Posted on June 29, 2023 by admin
Interview with Nilima Rao
(We are proud to present this exclusive interview with Nilima Rao.)
TSM: Your recent debut novel, A Disappearance in Fiji, is a historical fiction detective novel revolving around an Indian police sergeant and mysterious disappearances in British-colonized Fiji. Can you tell us about the book and your writing process?
NR: A Disappearance in Fiji is set in colonial Fiji in 1914. This is a time when the British are taking Indians to Fiji by the shipload as cheap labour for the cane fields under exploitative indentured servitude contracts. The story follows Sergeant Akal Singh, who has been exiled to the backwater colony in disgrace after a mistake derails his promising police career in Hong Kong. Akal wants to get some wins under his belt, get his career restarted, and get out of Fiji, but his inspector general has sidelined him with a dead-end case.
An Indian indentured servant woman goes missing from a plantation, just as the indentured servitude program is under scrutiny for alleged abuses. Akal is sent out to investigate and told to close the case quickly and quietly. This politically charged case could either redeem him or sink his career permanently. When he arrives at the plantation, faced with the hostility of the white plantation owners and the fear of the Indian indentured servants, Akal quickly sees his hopes for redemption fading.
TSM: What initially drew you to these genres and this premise for A Disappearance in Fiji?
NR: My great-grandparents went to Fiji under the indentured servitude program. I wanted to write something set in colonial Fiji, focussed on the experience of the Indian indentured labourers. I read fiction, and I’ve read and watched a lot of crime in my time, and it seemed an obvious fit.
My initial premise for the story was a dual chronology with female protagonists in the current timeline and the past. My protagonist in the past was a young Indian girl, an indentured servant. Except I kept getting stuck – how would this young girl have had any agency, any time, or freedom of movement to investigate a crime? As I struggled to work through this, I came across references to some Sikh police officers who had been sent from Hong Kong to Fiji to help bolster the Fijian police force, which was in its infancy. Sergeant Akal Singh sprang, at least partially formed, into my head, and I restarted the story from there.
TSM: As evidenced by your novel’s setting and characters, your identity as a Fijian Indian Australian has greatly influenced your writing. What is the most exciting part of telling a story that speaks to your cultural identity and heritage?
NR: We moved to Australia when I was three, to north Queensland, where there weren’t too many other Fijian Indians. I grew up distanced from my cultural heritage. If you had asked me well into my thirties, I would have called myself Australian and would have been annoyed if you wanted to probe further. But a trip to India changed my perspective. After witnessing the depth and breadth of poverty there, I became intrigued about how my distant ancestors (I didn’t even know how distant) escaped that cycle of poverty. The whole process of researching and imagining the world that my great-grandparents lived in has led me to embrace my complicated cultural heritage and has brought me closer to my family.
TSM: Is there anything else that serves as a major inspiration or influence on your work? Were there any specific books, authors, or any unique source you found yourself turning to?
NR: I was a big fan of Alexander McCall Smith’s “The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency” books, so when Taz, my editor at Soho, told me that she had managed to get the book in front of him and that he had like it, I was floored. Just speechless. Another series which I drew a lot of inspiration from was Colin Cotterill’s “Dr. Siri Paiboun” series, which is set in Laos when the communist party came into power. The combination that is common to both series, of an interesting time and place with a thread of humor, was what I was aiming for.
TSM: What did the research process for this book look like? Was there anything unexpected that you discovered or any unique source you found yourself turning to for information?
NR: At the beginning of each chapter, I have included a snippet from the Fiji Times. Most of these are verbatim, albeit with dates changed. I discovered that the National Archives in Suva had all the old Fiji Times on microfilm, including the early 1900’s. This was a huge source of inspiration in understanding the daily life of Fiji.
TSM: A Disappearance in Fiji is going to be the first in a series. Was this always going to be the case? Or did you find somewhere in the writing process that you weren’t done with certain characters, plot lines, or other aspects and simply had to write more about them in new stories?
NR: I knew there was a possibility of a series, and I knew what the overall narrative arc was for the stories and Akal. What I didn’t know was what the mysteries would be for any subsequent novels. During my research, I came across a story of a German privateer named Felix von Luckner, who was captured in Fiji during WW1. He is an incredibly romantic figure, a swashbuckling pirate of noble origins, with stories of derring-do sufficient that the Germans have since made a television series about him. I knew I wanted him in a story, so I built book two, “A Shipwreck in Fiji,” around Felix von Luckner’s capture in Fiji.
TSM: Was there any one principle or piece of advice you tried to adhere to during your writing process?
NR: I can’t think of anything specific!
TSM: Do you have any projects in the works that we can look forward to after A Disappearance in Fiji?
NR: I’m currently working on the sequel – “A Shipwreck in Fiji.”
NZ Booklovers
Jun 9, 2023
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Nilima Rao is a Fijian Indian Australian who has always referred to herself as ‘culturally confused’. She has since learned that we are all confused in some way (and has been published on the topic by Australia’s Special Broadcasting Service as part of the SBS Emerging Writers Competition, so now feels better about the whole thing). When she isn't writing, Nilima can be found wrangling data (the dreaded day job) or wandering around Melbourne laneways in search of the next new wine bar. A Disappearance in Fiji is her first novel, and she is currently working on the second in the series. Nilima talks to NZ Booklovers.
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Tell us a little about A Disappearance in Fiji.
A Disappearance in Fiji is set in colonial Fiji in 1914. This is a time when the British are taking Indians to Fiji by the shipload as cheap labour for the cane fields, under exploitative indentured servitude contracts. The story follows Sergeant Akal Singh, who has been exiled to the backwater colony in disgrace after a spectacular mistake has derailed his promising police career in Hong Kong. Akal wants to get some wins under his belt, get his career restarted and get out of Fiji, but his inspector general has sidelined him with a dead-end case.
An Indian indentured servant woman goes missing from a plantation, just as the indentured servitude program is under scrutiny for alleged abuses. Akal is sent out to investigate and told to close the case quickly and quietly. This politically charged case could either redeem him or sink his career permanently. When he arrives at the plantation, faced with the hostility of the white plantation owners and the fear of the Indian indentured servants, Akal quickly sees his hopes for redemption fading.
What inspired you to write this book?
I started thinking about writing this novel when I travelled in India. There was a particular incident that affected me deeply while travelling from Delhi to Agra. I was in a nice, air-conditioned car with decent suspension, grateful for the little bubble away from the rest of chaotic India. I had been in India for about four days and was completely overloaded from the breathtaking scope and depth of poverty I’d witnessed in Mumbai and Delhi. We were driving through somewhere rural, and I saw a woman on the side of the road picking up cow dung with her bare hands, presumably for either fuel or building material. I was in tears. I think for the first time in my life I had a living, breathing, visual representation of what it might have meant if my great-grandparents hadn’t gone to Fiji. The indentured servants did not come from wealth so that could well have been me picking up cow dung in India. When I was coherent again, I found myself deeply grateful to my nameless faceless ancestors. I wrote a short story a few years later about a young girl who was in Fiji as the daughter of indentured servants and an idea for a novel started to form.
What research was involved?
I spent two months in Fiji in 2016 learning about the history of the Fijian Indians. I spent time at the National Archives of Fiji looking at the old Fiji Times on their ancient microfilm machine, at the University of South Pacific in their fabulous Pacific collection and at Births, Deaths and Marriages unsuccessfully trying to trace back my own family history. Not what most people think of when they think of a trip to Fiji. I think I made it to the beach once!
What was your routine or process when writing this book?
This is my debut, so I’m not sure I had a routine or process! I just slowly made my way through it, trying different things and sometimes feeling like I was going backwards. I will say that I was very productive through the pandemic. I was in Melbourne, Australia, one of the most locked-down cities in the world. Writing got me through, and kept me sane.
If your book was made into a movie, who would you like to see playing the lead characters?
Dev Patel for Akal – not because I think he’s Akal particularly, but because he’s dreamy and seems lovely and is a great actor. Sam Neill for the doctor for me!
What did you enjoy the most about writing A Disappearance in Fiji.
Unexpectedly I feel like I connected with my father. I have tended to be closer to my mother, but the research for this book has led to me spending more time and having more meaningful conversations with my father, which I have really valued.
What did you do to celebrate finishing this book?
I have no idea!! I remember what I did when I found out I was getting a book deal. It was after a call with the US, which for me was the crack of dawn. I had a fancy bottle of bubbles that I’d bought in Argentina and had held onto for a special occasion. It was bubbles as the sun came up for my partner and I that morning.
What is the favourite book you have read so far this year and why?
I just finished Sujata Massey’s The Satapur Moonstone and I loved it! I learnt so much about the diversity of language, culture, food and religion in India. She’s brilliant at seamlessly weaving these things into a fascinating crime plot.
What’s next on the agenda for you?
I’m currently working on the sequel, titled A Shipwreck in Fiji. This time, Sergeant Akal Singh goes to the historical capital of Fiji, Levuka, accompanied by Constable Taviti Tukana, and there they find a dead body or two and possibly even a pirate!
Listen to Nilima talk about A Disappearance in Fiji here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-noJDtFz9-I
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In debut novelist Nilima Rao's A Disappearance in Fiji (Soho Crime, June), Akal, a 25-year-old Indian policeman who's been transferred from Hong Kong to Fiji as punishment for an embarrassing mistake, investigates the disappearance of an indentured servant. The Fijian Indian Australian author spoke with PW about colonization and identity.
What's the historical backdrop to your novel?
The book is set in 1914. At that time Fiji had been a British colony for about 30 years; there was a predominant Indigenous Fijian group, and then a British colonial administration running the country. The British colonizers brought in Indian indentured servants by the shipload to work in the sugarcane fields. At the end of the five years, the Indians could stay in the colonies with land allowances for their own farms, and then after five years as a free person the British would pay for you to go back if you wanted to.
It was an exploitative program. The people signing these contracts were the poorest of the poor, and illiterate. The people getting them to sign were lying about the working conditions and the contract's terms--it was often much more than the five years--and even about where Fiji was; they said it was in India just past Calcutta. Still, the opportunities were better than their equivalents in India. If you could make it through the exploitation, you ended up better off.
What got you interested in this period?
My great-grandparents came to Fiji from India as indentured servants.
Sixty thousand indentured servants went to Fiji, and thirty thousand returned. There are ongoing racial tensions between native Fijians and Indian Fijians; at one point the latter were more than 50% of the population. Any time Indians get traction politically, since the military is dominated by Fijians, there's another coup. Since the coups have started, Indians have started to leave Fiji. My parents left before the coups started; it's now an exodus.
I spent two months in Fiji in 2016 when I started ito do research for the book. It was challenging to learn about these people in history because they were almost all illiterate, so there's not much written down from their perspective. Most of what's available is what's in the newspaper reports, written by the British or Australians, often missionaries who would go there and condemn the whole program. I had to interpret and imagine a lot of it. However, there's a lot of documentary evidence about their living conditions and the accommodations that were offered because the program was so regimented.
Why do you refer to yourself as "culturally confused"?
We moved to Australia when I was three, and I grew up in North Queensland. In the '80s, the only Indians I knew were the ones I was related to. I grew up very Australianized despite my parents' best efforts. I didn't identify as Indian or Fijian until I was an adult living in L.A., when I started to recognize my other roots. When I went to India and saw all these people who looked like me, I got to understand my own Indianness a bit better.
--L.S.
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Nilima Rao. Soho Crime, $25.95 (288p) ISBN 978-1-64129-429-4
Rao's lively, elegantly constructed debut follows 25-year-old police sergeant Akal Singh, who was a rising star in Hong Kong until an embarrassing debacle led to his transfer to--in his words--the "godforsaken island" of Fiji in 1914. He does not hit it off with his new superior, Inspector General Thurstrom, and anticipates receiving only inconsequential assignments. The disappearance of a missing indentured worker on a sugar plantation at first raises little interest, but then newspapers start claiming the woman was kidnapped; the publicity forces Thurstrom to send Singh out to investigate. He arrives at the plantation of Henry Parkins and finds that its overseer, John Brown, is also missing. These disappearances don't seem to concern Parkins and his wife, who suggest that Brown and the woman, Kunti, were lovers who ran away together, but after talking with other workers, Singh becomes convinced there's something more sinister at play. As he interviews locals and learns more about Fiji's class strata, Singh begins to wonder whether Brown and Kunti will ever return home. Rao skillfully weaves descriptions of the treatment and living conditions of Indian workers into the propulsive plot and draws a host of vibrant characters. This is an exceptionally promising debut. (June)
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"A Disappearance in Fiji." Publishers Weekly, vol. 270, no. 14, 3 Apr. 2023, pp. 42+. Gale General OneFile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A746558140/ITOF?u=schlager&sid=bookmark-ITOF&xid=93fa3353. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
Rao, Nilima A DISAPPEARANCE IN FIJI Soho Crime (Fiction None) $25.95 6, 6 ISBN: 9781641294294
In colonial Fiji, the search for a missing plantation worker exposes the deep roots of the island's racism.
Young police sergeant Akal Singh, who's been in Fiji a mere six months in 1914, is finding his bearings and growing in confidence through a strong relationship with Taviti, a Fijian corporal. The biggest challenge the police face is a miscreant known as the Night Prowler, who's been terrorizing children by peeping in their windows. To his surprise, Akal is pulled off this case and instructed to investigate the disappearance of Kunti, an indentured laborer on a sugar plantation owned by Henry and Susan Parkins, an influential Australian couple. The case probably wouldn't have garnered much attention but for the interest of righteous missionary Father David Hughes, who suspects kidnapping and has written to the newspaper. The Parkinses assume that Kunti has run away, so the investigation is at a stalemate. But Akal suspects foul play, and bolstered by the involvement of the sympathetic Father Hughes and the influential Mr. Ravendra Choudry, he continues his probe. The undercurrent of the White community's racism reminds Akal of a time he was reprimanded in Hong Kong over his "indiscretion" with Emily Strahan, a young Englishwoman who deceived him in a criminal case. He is determined not to make a similar mistake in Fiji. Akal's journey from optimistic junior officer to sadder but wiser fighter for justice provides this debut with a relatable heart.
A complex and engaging mystery given even greater weight by its important historical backdrop.
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A Disappearance in Fiji. By Nilima Rao. June 2023.288p. Soho, $25.95 (9781641294294); e-book (9781641294300).
This debut novel by a Fijian Indian Australian delivers both an absorbing mystery and a scathing indictment of the cruelties inflicted on indentured servants from India working on the sugar plantations in Fiji in 1914. Rao's detective, Indian Police Sergeant Akal Singh, demoted from his post in Hong Kong to Fiji six months earlier, is assigned to the case of a young woman who went missing from a sugar plantation. A crusading priest insists she was kidnapped; the British inspector general wants Singh to do only the most cursory investigation, aimed both at containing journalists interested in the story and at quieting the priest, who has launched a campaign against the misrule of the plantations. Singh's examination of the plantation from which the girl disappeared reveals abysmal conditions. Just about every dealing Singh has with the British is loaded with casual racism. It's fascinating to watch Singh's uphill struggle to learn what happened to the young woman; the way he is thwarted at every turn speaks volumes about colonial rule. An insightful, determined main character, the unearthing of the wrongs of indentured servitude, and a compelling plot make this a promising start to a new series. Fans of Harini Nagendra's The Bangalore Detectives Club (2022), also about the wrongs inflicted under British colonialism, should love this mystery. --Connie Fletcher
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Fletcher, Connie. "A Disappearance in Fiji." Booklist, vol. 119, no. 17, 1 May 2023, pp. 26+. Gale General OneFile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A748959198/ITOF?u=schlager&sid=bookmark-ITOF&xid=4c4f25c8. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
Rao, Nilima. A Shipwreck in Fiji. Soho Crime. (A Sergeant Akal Singh Mystery, Bk. 2). Jun. 2025. 272p. ISBN 9781641295475. $29.95. M
In 1915, Sergeant Akal Singh, an Indian Sikh, is based out of Fiji's capital, Suva, when the inspector-general sends him to former capital Levuka to handle a number of minor issues. With his Fijian companion (and sole friend in Fiji), Constable Taviti Tukana, Akal escorts a young English woman and her aunt to Levuka. Akal has to be careful not be seen as too familiar with a European woman, but she feels no parallel restraint. Then there's a murder that they're led to believe was carried out by German marauders. Akal and Taviti capture them, but the local chieftain impounds them for violating local customs and won't hand them over to British authorities. They find a letter in a secret compartment, and a man is killed after translating it. This time, it can't be the Germans; they're locked up. It's up to Akal to solve the riddle, unearth the killer, and convince the chief to hand over the Germans to the British. VERDICT A lively story with engaging characters and fascinating bits about British colonial governance in Fiji. Rao's second tale about Sgt. Akal (after A Disappearance in Fiji) is first-rate.--David Keymer
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Keymer, David. "Rao, Nilima. A Shipwreck in Fiji." Library Journal, vol. 150, no. 4, Apr. 2025, p. 75. Gale General OneFile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A835170937/ITOF?u=schlager&sid=bookmark-ITOF&xid=460a371b. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
A Shipwreck in Fiji
Nilima Rao. Soho Crime, $29.95 (272p) ISBN 978-1-64129-547-5
Rao serves up an immersive second adventure for Sikh police sergeant Akal Singh (after A Disappearance in Fiji). The year is 1915, and Singh, who has been transferred to the backwater British colony of Fiji due to an indiscretion at his former posting in Hong Kong, is still being assigned only the most inconsequential tasks by his commanding officer, inspector-general Jonathan Thurstrom. This time out, Thurstrom asks Singh to escort two visiting British ladies on their sightseeing tour of the island of Ovalau. As an afterthought, he also suggests that Singh follow up on a local shopkeeper's report of spotting German soldiers on the island (since WWI is raging in Europe, officials consider the alleged sighting improbable at best). Accompanied by his friend and colleague Taviti Tukana--the nephew of a prominent Fijian chief--Singh tackles both assignments, only to stumble into a murder investigation when a local pariah on Ovalau turns up dead. Through Singh, who's an outsider both to Fijians and his British superiors, Rao deploys sharp observations about colonial rule and classism. Though the book's many subplots unfold at a leisurely pace, the author ties them together in shrewd and satisfying ways. Historical mystery fans will enjoy this. (June)
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"A Shipwreck in Fiji." Publishers Weekly, vol. 272, no. 14, 7 Apr. 2025, p. 51. Gale General OneFile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A835360879/ITOF?u=schlager&sid=bookmark-ITOF&xid=0653a341. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
A Shipwreck in Fiji. By Nilima Rao. June 2025. 272p. Soho, $29.95 (9781641295475); e-book (9781641295482).
Part of the appeal of the Sergeant Akal Singh mystery series (this is the second installment, after A Disappearance in Fiji, 2023) is the intense "stranger in a strange land" dynamic faced by the hero. Sgt. Akal Singh is an Indian Sikh, formerly serving with the Royal Hong Kong Police, but now exiled to the Suva Constabulary in Fiji after he unwittingly met with a woman connected to a coven of burglars. Singh doesn't fit in with the Fijians, Indians, Australians, New Zealanders, or the British, who rule the island colony. The time itself is intriguing. It's 1915; the Brits on Fiji are trying to leave the island to join the war effort, and Germans have been sighted on a nearby island. Singh's boss, the Inspector-General, gives him inane assignments, including escorting two European women to the island and going on a wild goose chase to discover Germans there. Singh discovers a murdered shopkeeper on the island, and must use his wits to battle the obstacles in his path. Intriguing history-mystery.--Connie Fletcher
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Fletcher, Connie. "A Shipwreck in Fiji." Booklist, vol. 121, no. 17-18, May 2025, pp. 59+. Gale General OneFile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A852211718/ITOF?u=schlager&sid=bookmark-ITOF&xid=0bd058de. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.