First review for Michael Alexander's Deep Waters on Goodreads - 4 out of 5 stars.

A HFN adult pirate fairytale. Not a story for the fainthearted, which
obviously I'm not as I found it a good read. The story flowed nicely,
the torture was depraved and unique. I learnt a new word, woodled,
basically a rubber band around the breast and tightened either side by
twisting the band around an object. In this case it leather strips
tightened by belaying pins.

Not sure that a