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Book Review of Surface Tension

Surface Tension
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UNABRIDGED/7 CASSETTES/APRROX 9 HOURS

A STUNNING DEBUT NOVEL OF SUSPENSE, FEATURING A SASSY NEW SLEUTH--TUGBOAT CAPTAIN SEYCHELLE SULLIVAN.

YEARS AGO SEYCHELLE SULLIVAN HAD THE CHANCE TO SAVE A PERSON'S LIFE. BUT ON THAT SUMMER NIGHT IN FORT LAUDERDALE, LOST IN A WORLD OF TEENAGE RESENTMENT AND LONELINEE, SEYCHELLE WAS NOT ABLE TO COMPREHEND ANY PAIN BUT HER OWN. TODAY SEYCHELLE CAPTAINS HER FORTY-SIX-FOOT SALVAGE BOAT OUT OF FORT LAUDERDALE'S NEW RIVER. SHE'S SEEN CHANGE SWEEP THROUGH SOUTH FLORIDA, AND HAS WITNESSED FRIENDS AND LOVERS COME AND GO. BUT SHE'S NEVER ESCAPED THAT ONE MOMENT WHEN SHE COULD HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE AND DIDN'T. NOW EACH TIME SHE RESCUES A SHIP IN DISTRESS, A LITTLE HOPE STIRS IN HER AGAIN.

ON A STEAMY FLORIDA MORNING SEYCHELLE IS ANSWERING A MAYDAY CALL LAUNCHED FROM A FIVE-MILLION-DOLLAR BROWARD YACHT CALLED TOP TEN. RACING HER FIERCEST COMPETITOR FOR SALVAGE RIGHTS, SEYCHELLE HAS A PERSONAL STAKE IN THIS RESCUE: HER FORMER LOVER, NEAL GARRETT, IS THE YACHT'S HIRED SKIPPER. BUT BEING THE FIRST TO REACH TOP TEN WILL LEAD SEYCHELLE TO A BLOODY PAYDAY. A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN HAS BEEN STABBED TO DEATH ONBOARD. AND GARRETT IS NOWHERE TO BE FOUND.