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Calamity
A mystery novel featuring a rookie, hard-boiled detective and a contemporary maritime adventure.
When fragile Jenny Bowers asks Captain Grande Angil to find out what happened to her son on a Maine fishing boat, the last thing "Grey" expects is murder, deception, and conspiracy.
Join Grey on his first case as he chases a decades old mystery from Penobscot Bay, Maine, to Langley, VA, to the turquoise waters of the tropics.
When fragile Jenny Bowers asks Captain Grande Angil to find out what happened to her son on a Maine fishing boat, the last thing "Grey" expects is murder, deception, and conspiracy.
Join Grey on his first case as he chases a decades old mystery from Penobscot Bay, Maine, to Langley, VA, to the turquoise waters of the tropics.
- GenresMystery
344 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 15, 2012
About the author
Bob G. Bernstein
9 booksAfter majoring in physics and pre-med at the University of Maine I found myself in NYC working as an executive fundraiser for a multinational non-profit. Six years later I was swimming with whales, running my own adventure dive boat, and searching for sunken treasure. I've been a commercial fisherman, charter boat captain, captain-for-hire, camera boat operator, and Hollywood boat wrangler.
In 1987 I started to write for a few recreational and commercial boating and fishing magazines. I then tried my hand at screenwriting, and in 1998 placed a script in the top 25 of the Nicholl Screenwriting Contest sponsored by AMPAS. In the years that followed I managed to option a few scripts but never hit the jackpot and had one made into a film.
My first book, What They Don't Tell You About Alzheimer's -- about my mother's struggle with AD, was published in 2012. A few months later I published my first novel, Calamity, about a cash-strapped Maine charter boat captain who starts working as a P.I. specializing in maritime investigations.
You can find a full list of my published work at my Amazon author page at www.amazon.com/author/rgbernstein
I can be reached at captbgb@gmail.com or through any of the websites below:
www.seabgb.com
www.alzheimersmemoir.com
www.captaingrandeangil.com
In 1987 I started to write for a few recreational and commercial boating and fishing magazines. I then tried my hand at screenwriting, and in 1998 placed a script in the top 25 of the Nicholl Screenwriting Contest sponsored by AMPAS. In the years that followed I managed to option a few scripts but never hit the jackpot and had one made into a film.
My first book, What They Don't Tell You About Alzheimer's -- about my mother's struggle with AD, was published in 2012. A few months later I published my first novel, Calamity, about a cash-strapped Maine charter boat captain who starts working as a P.I. specializing in maritime investigations.
You can find a full list of my published work at my Amazon author page at www.amazon.com/author/rgbernstein
I can be reached at captbgb@gmail.com or through any of the websites below:
www.seabgb.com
www.alzheimersmemoir.com
www.captaingrandeangil.com
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November 12, 2012
Captain Grande Angil solves his 1st mystery as a PI.
May 11, 2021
A different kind of private eye
Excellent story with little flash and plenty of thoughtful surprises, featuring and understated PI whose personality quirks never steal the spotlight from the storyline.
Excellent story with little flash and plenty of thoughtful surprises, featuring and understated PI whose personality quirks never steal the spotlight from the storyline.
April 13, 2013
Grande Angil might be the coolest new P.I. since Thomas Magnum! With three ex-wives and a keen sense of adventure (which perhaps had something to do with getting hitched three times), Grande is rapidly carving out a niche in coastal marine cold cases. At the same time, author Bob Bernstein is carving out his own niche in the hard-boiled gumshoe genre - the nautical, marine themed thriller. Who says all crimes have to happen on dry land? Henceforth, this new genre shall be known as the wave-tossed, deck-boot genre.
A captain himself, Bernstein gives us a fascinating glimpse into the world below-decks. This is like reading Tom Clancy only better. I’m learning while I’m having fun. I enjoyed spending time with Captain Grande, and look forward to his next voyage.
A captain himself, Bernstein gives us a fascinating glimpse into the world below-decks. This is like reading Tom Clancy only better. I’m learning while I’m having fun. I enjoyed spending time with Captain Grande, and look forward to his next voyage.
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