Trustee from the Toolroom
by Nevil Shute · first published 1985
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Keith Stewart is a quiet and unassuming man called upon to undertake an extraordinary task. A skilled maker of miniature working models, he lives a modest life devoted to his hobby. But when his sister and her wealthy husband die in a shipwreck on a coral reef in the Pacific—while trying to smuggle out of England their entire fortune in diamonds hidden in the keel of their yacht—Keith becomes trustee for his orphaned niece. To save her from destitution he must travel halfway around the world and risk a long voyage in a small boat in inhospitable waters to recover her inheritance. In the course
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And a literary source of inspiration to get into that mindset is Nevil Shute's Trustee from the Toolroom -- "well loved by tool lovers, especially engineers and model engineers, for its reverent treatment of machinery, tools, and craftsmanship", according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trustee_from_the_Toolroom#Majo...…
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