Five novels. One salvage captain. One very dangerous stretch of coast.
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Accidents do happen. But in South Florida, when somebody dies at sea, all too often it is murder.
Seychelle Sullivan inherited the Sullivan Towing and Salvage Company from her father, and to survive on the waterfront she’s had to become a kick-ass captain and one tough woman. When boats break down, wreck, or call for help, Seychelle and her tug Gorda are on the scene.
She gets to the wreck first — which means she keeps finding what somebody hoped would stay on the bottom. A body in a bilge. A cargo that doesn’t match the manifest. A wreck that was no accident at all.
From the canals of Fort Lauderdale to the reefs of the Florida Keys and the clear water of the Bahamas, all five Seychelle Sullivan novels — complete in one collection.
“As a female tugboat captain, Seychelle is one of the genre’s more unusual amateur sleuths, and Kling makes her one of its more endearing ones as well.” Publishers Weekly
“I enjoyed this one.” Michael Connelly
“A taut, fast-paced thriller.” The Miami Herald
What’s Inside
- 1 · Surface Tension
- On a steamy Florida morning, Seychelle answers a Mayday from the five-million-dollar yacht Top Ten. Her former lover Neal Garrett is the hired skipper — and when she’s first to reach the yacht, she finds a beautiful woman stabbed to death aboard and Neal nowhere to be found.
- 2 · Cross Current
- Seychelle’s tug intercepts a swamped fishing boat in the Gulf Stream. Inside are a murdered woman and a little girl in a white dress. Determined to protect the traumatized Haitian child, Seychelle becomes obsessed with the forces that nearly killed her.
- 3 · Bitter End
- Seychelle didn’t see the sniper who picked Nick Pontus off at the helm of his yacht — but plenty of people in South Florida wanted the gambling-boat tycoon dead. When the police zero in on her estranged childhood best friend, Seychelle can’t just weigh anchor and cruise.
- 4 · Wreckers’ Key
- Seychelle’s friend Nestor Frias was piloting a billionaire’s luxury yacht on its maiden voyage when it ran aground. Days later he was dead. When another man dies asking questions, Seychelle navigates dangerous shoals toward a far greater danger looming.
- 5 · Mourning Tide
- Working her salvage tug deep in a Florida swamp, Seychelle raises the wreck of a derelict powerboat and finds human bones inside. From the heated streets of Fort Lauderdale to the crystalline water of the Bahamas, she follows the trail of an evil out to strip her of everything she holds dear.