Fatal Tide
by Iris Johansen
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Author: Iris JohansenEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2003-09-09
ISBN: 055380247X
Number of pages: 336
Publisher: Bantam
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Book Review: Far Fetched, but fun!
Summary: 4 Stars
I'm sorry to have to disagree with my good friend Katie about Iris Johansen's "Fatal Tide" (see Comic Book Heroine on the Printed Page, a review of this book by Captain Katie Osborne on September 11, 2003), but I've lived on a sailboat in the Caribbean too (we actually met in Trinidad) and in my opinion, Ms. Johansen is asking us to stretch our imagination a bit too much with this one. Lotana's Island, couldn't buy it, sorry. But even though the island and some of the characters were a bit over the top, I still finished the book in one sitting, still enjoyed it immensely, was still captivated by the story.I thought our heroine's romantic interest in this book broke himself out of that jail in Iraq a little too easily in the first chapter, but I did like how the book opened with his dream sequence and how Johansen segued from the past into Melis Nemid's dream in the present. I liked Pete and Susie, though they were a tad bit more intelligent and communicative than any of the dolphins that have frolicked around my boat.
Melis is certainly a Wonder Woman Heroine, as Katie says, but her childhood was just a little too awful for me. However, I like strong female characters and Melis is certainly that. The love story was predictable, but I wouldn't have had it come out any other way. The destructive weapon, bad guy Archer is after, is straight out of James Bond, but if you bought the dolphins (and I did), you'll buy the sonic gun.
My recommendation: This is a swift read that is much more fun than anything you'll find on television. I give it four stars. You won't go wrong if you buy this book.
Reviewed by Vesta Irene
Summary of Fatal Tide
A high-stakes treasure hunt?A twisted trail of murder?A secret one woman may die to discover?Number one New York Times bestselling author Iris Johansen last electrified readers with Dead Aim and No One to Trust. Now she offers a new pulse-pounding thriller that takes suspense writing to an all-new level: deep below the surface, where a ruthless killer strikes without warning, without mercy...and with the deadliest intent.
Melis Nemid is treading in dangerous waters--and she?s about to be dragged under. As a marine researcher, Melis knows all too well the dangers that can lurk under even the calmest surfaces. But not even she can guess how deep the darkness runs. Only one oceanographer ever came close to discovering the deadly mystery that lies beneath the sea--and he seems to have disappeared from the face of the earth. Now Melis is the last one who knows the truth. And someone is determined that the truth will die with her. For what Melis knows about the deep-sea mystery is only part of a nightmarish past torn by violence. She thought she had put that past behind her when she arrived at her Caribbean island home to research dolphin behavior.
But her peace--and her life--is about to be shattered by the arrival of a savage killer. Someone--for reasons unknown even to Melis--is cutting a path of destruction and death that leads directly to her.Only one man can save her--a man who claims to be a fellow oceanographer. He will seek to gain Melis?s trust, getting close to her secret and her life. But what this enigmatic man really wants, Melis may not discover until it?s too late. Because whoever is after her knows her nightmares intimately, and soon she will be forced to relive them all over again. Except for the final nightmare. The one she can?t possibly survive.
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