Synopses & Reviews
Florida marine biologist Doc Ford returns in a breathtaking novel of death and deception by the author of Captiva and North of Havana.
In The Mangrove Coast, the daughter of a dead war buddy calls Ford in distress. If you're ever really in trouble, his friend had written her, Ford's the one you can trust. And trouble is what she's got. Her mother's disappeared in Mexico without a trace, in the company of an unsavory companion, and her money's gone, too. Doc agrees to help, and finds himself in Baja, on the trail of a man more genuinely evil than any he has ever encountered. There's more to it than that, though -- a third man whose shadowy presence brings death in its wake. For Doc, the mystery -- and the danger -- only deepens. In fact, solving the puzzle may turn out to be the most perilous thing of all.
Filled with crackling prose and atmosphere, and some of the best characters in contemporary suspense, The Mangrove Coast is a triumph of inventive storytelling.
About the Author
RANDY WAYNE WHITE is the author of the Doc Ford novels including Night Moves, Chasing Midnight, Night Vision, and Deep Shadow and the Hannah Smith novel, Gone, the first in a new series. He is also the author of a number of nonfiction collections and of a cookbook. A onetime veteran fishing guide, he lives in an old house built on an Indian mound and spends much of his free time windsurfing, playing baseball, and hanging out at Doc Ford's Rum Bar and Grille on Sanibel Island, Florida.