Tuesday, November 25, 2008

BOOK REVIEW


Running wrecked by Mark Combes

In ten words or less: Scuba shop owner find abandoned sailboat adrift—suspects foul play.

Phil Riley escapes from his life on the mainland and buys a dive shop on Isla Tortuga in the Caribbean. He finds a luxury sailboat adrift; no one is on board but he finds an infant’s pacifier. Is there a missing family? When he tows the boat back, Chief of Police Bourgois seems unconcerned. And the Chief seems very chummy with a newcomer to the island—Donald Bennett.
When Riley starts investigating, he is warned to stay out of it. But when his teenage helper Chubby goes missing, and then Riley gets a beatdown, he is determined to find out what Bourgois is hiding.

Why bother? Readers of Randy Wayne White’s Doc Ford series will find a good read here.

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