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Highlights
- "Taut and suspenseful" (Kirkus Reviews): Grief-stricken after their daughter's death, Dr. Dagny Steele and her husband set sail across the Indian Ocean - but can they survive the terror ahead?
- Author(s): Jeffrey James Higgins
- 250 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Thrillers
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About the Book
Trapped on a storm-damaged yacht, a grieving woman must conquer her worst fears and fight for her life when her ocean voyage turns into a nightmare.
Book Synopsis
"Taut and suspenseful" (Kirkus Reviews): Grief-stricken after their daughter's death, Dr. Dagny Steele and her husband set sail across the Indian Ocean - but can they survive the terror ahead? "Definitely not for the faint of heart" (New York Times bestselling author Steve Berry).
"An expertly paced psychological thriller on the high seas." -Best Thrillers
Trapped on a storm-damaged yacht, a grieving woman must conquer her worst fears and fight for her life, in a story described as The Shining on a yacht. Dr. Dagny Steele is on the verge of fulfilling her lifelong calling to become a pediatric surgeon when the sudden death of her daughter sends her into a crushing depression.
Grief stricken and desperate to heal, she takes a leave of absence and sails across the Indian Ocean with her husband. Dagny begins to recover from her tragic loss when her voyage turns into a nightmare.
Isolated and hunted at sea, can she survive a deadly crucible?
Review Quotes
2022 Imadjinn Award - Best Thriller Novel
2022 Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award Finalist - Suspense and Thriller
2021 PenCraft Award - Best Fiction Book of the Year
2021 Finalist, The Best Thriller Book Awards on BestThrillers.com
2021 Best Book Awards - Fiction: Thriller/Adventure
Readers' Favorite Gold Medal - Medical Thriller
As Seen in Scream Magazine
As Seen in Strand Magazine
ScreenCraft's Most Cinematic Book Competition Quarterfinalist
" . . . the book is impossible to put down." -The Harvard Press
"An extraordinary achievement by a writer destined for greatness." -Jon Land, USA Today bestselling author of the Caitlin Strong novels
"A gripping tale of a dream vacation that goes horribly wrong." -Mark Alpert, internationally bestselling author of Saint Joan of New York
"Higgins' lean, tight prose and compelling authenticity will keep you turning pages well into the night. Propulsive." -K.J. Howe, international bestselling author of Skyjack
"Definitely not for the faint of heart." -Steve Berry, New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling author of the Cotton Malone series
"Batten down the hatches; Higgins's electrifying debut is a page-turning thrill ride!" -Alan Orloff, Thriller and Derringer Award-winning author of Pray for the Innocent
"A taut and suspenseful tale on the ocean." -Kirkus Reviews
"An expertly paced psychological thriller on the high seas." -Best Thrillers