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Deadly Tide

Sandy Curtis

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Apr 16, 2012 Brenda rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: own-read, aussie-authors, read-on-kindle, australian-thriller

With Samantha’s beloved Dad accused of murder and her mother recovering from both cancer and a stroke, Sam was desperate to keep the Sea Mistress working and the stress from them. Without the income generated from the trawler’s catches the bank would take both it and her parents’ home from them and Sam had no intention of allowing that to happen. Her Dad’s leg had been broken in the altercation which had ended with Ewan McKay’s death and evidence was needed to prove his innocence.

When Brisbane p With Samantha’s beloved Dad accused of murder and her mother recovering from both cancer and a stroke, Sam was desperate to keep the Sea Mistress working and the stress from them. Without the income generated from the trawler’s catches the bank would take both it and her parents’ home from them and Sam had no intention of allowing that to happen. Her Dad’s leg had been broken in the altercation which had ended with Ewan McKay’s death and evidence was needed to prove his innocence.

When Brisbane policeman Chayse Jarrett was told his next undercover job was to find out if Tug Bretton, Sam’s father, had been involved in McKay’s death and the drug running the police were following, he had no idea that his new skipper would be a female, Sam Bretton. She had finally won the argument with her father, though she still needed a new deck-hand and when Chayse came offering his services, she reluctantly accepted. Bill, the Sea Mistress’s other deckie wasn’t so trusting, and eyed Chayse with suspicion from the start.

As they took to the sea, working the fishing nets and getting to know each other, Chayse felt a distinct attraction to his skipper. But his undercover duties also made him realize there were secrets on board the trawler, secrets he needed to find out if he was ever going to get to the truth. With them alternatively trawling for catch and following the Kladium, the vessel in the midst of the murder and suspected drug running, Chayse learned a lot about trawling, and the hard work which was involved. He also found himself questioning his role in what was happening.

Suddenly the danger was on them; their fear and adrenalin kept them one step ahead, but could they outsmart the criminals who were not at all worried about more bodies? What would the outcome be? With sharks and other creatures in the depths, the ocean was a great dumping ground!

I really enjoyed this book by Aussie author Sandy Curtis. The pace and the action was fast, the tension palpable. I was also interested in her notes at the end stating this book was made up of “some fact, some fiction”. There is history of the Madagascar which came to grief on the Australian coast in 1853, and it was deeply interwoven in this story.

This was a thoroughly enjoyable thriller, one I would highly recommend.
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