Synopses & Reviews
In her acclaimed novels of suspense, Christine Kling gives readers good reason to believe that if Travis McGee and Kinsey Millhone had ever hooked up, their child would have grown up to be Seychelle Sullivan: a beautiful, savvy heroine with a knack for steering her salvage tugboat into South Floridas most troubled waters. In Seychelles new caper, she may just be in over her head when murder and corruption come bobbing to the surface.
Since kindergarten, Seychelle and her best friend, Molly, had been as close as sisters. Molly even dated Seychelles brother. But it all ended suddenly when Nick Pontus, a slick, older, up-and-coming entrepreneur, came along. A smitten Molly quit school, married her new beau, and never spoke to Seychelle again. After thirteen years, it still stings.
Seychelle didnt see the sniper who picked Nick off at the helm of his yacht, but she knows that there are plenty of people in South Florida who wanted to see the gambling-boat tycoon dead: the Russian mobsters looking for a piece of his casino action, the Indian gamers who resent his competition, and the ecological activists fighting his plans to develop Fort Lauderdales waterfront. But its Molly whom the cops zero in on. And despite her bitter feelings and against her better judgment, when her back-from-the-blue friend asks for help, Seychelle cant just weigh anchor and cruise. Shes got to dive in.
What she finds is a money-skimming scam aboard Nicks flagship gambling boat, Nicks new trophy wife turned merry rich widow, and Nick and Mollys teenage son, a scared kid with a big secret . . . and a killer on his
trail. Protecting the boy, proving Mollys innocence, and navigating between squalls of gunfire add up to a tall order as salvage jobs go. But like any good captain, Seychelle will never abandon ship. Even if it means risking her life.
Synopsis
Seychelle Sullivan witnesses the murder of her one-time best friend's husband. Although the friends haven't spoken in 13 years, Seychelle begins snooping around to crack the case.
About the Author
Christine Kling is the author of Surface Tension and Cross Current. She spent more than twenty years on and around boats and has cruised the waters of the North and South Pacific, the Atlantic, and the Caribbean. She received her M.F.A. in creative writing from Florida International University in Miami. She lives in South Florida with her teenage son.