Ghosting

Dr. Jack Scales, a prominent neurosurgeon, is at the peak of his career. To celebrate, he decides to make up for lost time and buys a sailing yacht christened Slow Dance, for a family cruise to Bermuda. But the family is strained: Jack's wife Arlen is secretly considering leaving the marriage; Rick, their bipolar twenty-year-old son, may need to be committed to a group home; Haley, a rebellious teenager, would rather be anywhere but trapped on a boat with her family; and, Jack himself is not prepared for the challenge of the open sea. Day by day, the Scales face mounting dangers. A lightning storm nearly destroys the boat, Rick's unstable condition worsens, and both Arlen and Haley realize that Jack is in over his head. Still, emerging from the storm, they find a fragile unity...until a man adrift on a raft leads them into danger against a terrifying gang of smugglers, who will stop at nothing to gain control of Slow Dance. Filled with an expert seaman's knowledge and driven by conflicted characters, "Ghosting" is a new direction for an established author: a thrilling adventure as unpredictable as the sea itself.

ISBN 0312613024   Pages 288 ISBN13 9780312613020 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 472 Publisher St Martin's Press   Published in New York Imprint St Martin's Press   Height (mm) 235 Format Hardback   Width (mm) 156 Publication date 01 Nov 2010   Spine width (mm) 29 DEWEY 813.54   Academic level General DEWEY edition DC22