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Seychelle Collection Boxed Set Books 1-4
Seychelle Sullivan inherited the Sullivan Towing and Salvage Company from her father, and to survive on the waterfront, she’s had to become a kick-ass captain and one tough woman. When boats break down, wreck or call for help, Seychelle and her tug Gorda are on the scene. Accidents do happen, but in South Florida, when somebody dies at sea, all too often it is murder.
The Seychelle Collection Boxed Set Books #1-4 brings readers the opportunity to buy the entire Seychelle Sullivan series at one low price.
Book #1 SURFACE TENSION
On a steamy Florida morning Seychelle is answering a Mayday call launched from the five-million-dollar Broward yacht called Top Ten. 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 leads to a bloody payday. A beautiful woman has been stabbed to death onboard. And Garrett is nowhere to be found. T o find out what really happened to Neal Garrett, Seychelle must retrace his last steps, through two murders and a horrific crime wave, to a final confrontation with someone who may want to kill her . . . or be her salvation.
Book #2 CROSS CURRENT
For Seychelle Sullivan, life is all about making a living, making love, and keeping her eye on the beauty that still remains in her beloved Florida. Then her life takes a turn when her tug intercepts with a swamped fishing boat in the Gulf Stream. Inside the boat are a murdered woman and a little girl in a white dress.
Seychelle returns to shore with a traumatized Haitian girl named Solange. Determined to protect Solange, and somehow keep her from being sent back to Haiti, Seychelle becomes obsessed with the forces that nearly killed the girl. To get the answers she needs, Seychelle must return to where it all started: in the waters of the Gulf Stream, where people died for their dreams of freedom– and a man with a machete did the work of the devil himself.
Book #3 BITTER END
The third book in the Seychelle Collection is loosely based on the real South Florida murder of Greek immigrant tycoon Gus Boolis, once the owner of South Florida's Sun Cruz Casino Gambling boats.
Seychelle didn’t see the sniper who picked Nick Pontus off at the helm of his yacht, but she knows that there are plenty of people in South Florida who wanted to see the gambling-boat tycoon dead: the Russian mobsters looking for a piece of his casino action, the Indian gamers who resent his competition, and the ecological activists fighting his plans to develop Fort Lauderdale’s waterfront. But it’s Molly, Seychelle’s former childhood best friend and Nick’s ex-wife whom the cops zero in on. And despite her bitter feelings and against her better judgment, when her back-from-the-blue friend asks for help, Seychelle can’t just weigh anchor and cruise. She’s got to dive in.
Book #4 WRECKERS’ KEY
In the 1800s, Key West was built by wrecking skippers who in feats of derring-do raced to shipping disasters to save valuable cargos from the ocean depths. Today, as too many boats chase too few wrecks, salvage has turned into a cutthroat corporate enterprise. And when a friend is killed, Seychelle begins to suspect a chilling scenario: that modern-day wreckers are causing yachts to crash onto the reefs–and killing off whoever gets in the way.
Nestor Frias was piloting a billionaire’s luxury power yacht on its maiden voyage when it ran aground. A few days later, Frias was dead. His eight-months-pregnant widow is distraught, and a host of questions surround both Frias’s death and the ship’s accident. When another man dies while asking questions, Seychelle navigates the dangerous shoals and channels of the case and her life, unaware that a greater danger is looming: a murderous human storm designed perfectly for her.
About the Author
Christine Kling is the author of five nautical thrillers and one anthology of short stories. She lives aboard her 33-foot sailboat Talespinner and travels wherever the wind and
The Seychelle Collection Boxed Set Books #1-4 brings readers the opportunity to buy the entire Seychelle Sullivan series at one low price.
Book #1 SURFACE TENSION
On a steamy Florida morning Seychelle is answering a Mayday call launched from the five-million-dollar Broward yacht called Top Ten. 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 leads to a bloody payday. A beautiful woman has been stabbed to death onboard. And Garrett is nowhere to be found. T o find out what really happened to Neal Garrett, Seychelle must retrace his last steps, through two murders and a horrific crime wave, to a final confrontation with someone who may want to kill her . . . or be her salvation.
Book #2 CROSS CURRENT
For Seychelle Sullivan, life is all about making a living, making love, and keeping her eye on the beauty that still remains in her beloved Florida. Then her life takes a turn when her tug intercepts with a swamped fishing boat in the Gulf Stream. Inside the boat are a murdered woman and a little girl in a white dress.
Seychelle returns to shore with a traumatized Haitian girl named Solange. Determined to protect Solange, and somehow keep her from being sent back to Haiti, Seychelle becomes obsessed with the forces that nearly killed the girl. To get the answers she needs, Seychelle must return to where it all started: in the waters of the Gulf Stream, where people died for their dreams of freedom– and a man with a machete did the work of the devil himself.
Book #3 BITTER END
The third book in the Seychelle Collection is loosely based on the real South Florida murder of Greek immigrant tycoon Gus Boolis, once the owner of South Florida's Sun Cruz Casino Gambling boats.
Seychelle didn’t see the sniper who picked Nick Pontus off at the helm of his yacht, but she knows that there are plenty of people in South Florida who wanted to see the gambling-boat tycoon dead: the Russian mobsters looking for a piece of his casino action, the Indian gamers who resent his competition, and the ecological activists fighting his plans to develop Fort Lauderdale’s waterfront. But it’s Molly, Seychelle’s former childhood best friend and Nick’s ex-wife whom the cops zero in on. And despite her bitter feelings and against her better judgment, when her back-from-the-blue friend asks for help, Seychelle can’t just weigh anchor and cruise. She’s got to dive in.
Book #4 WRECKERS’ KEY
In the 1800s, Key West was built by wrecking skippers who in feats of derring-do raced to shipping disasters to save valuable cargos from the ocean depths. Today, as too many boats chase too few wrecks, salvage has turned into a cutthroat corporate enterprise. And when a friend is killed, Seychelle begins to suspect a chilling scenario: that modern-day wreckers are causing yachts to crash onto the reefs–and killing off whoever gets in the way.
Nestor Frias was piloting a billionaire’s luxury power yacht on its maiden voyage when it ran aground. A few days later, Frias was dead. His eight-months-pregnant widow is distraught, and a host of questions surround both Frias’s death and the ship’s accident. When another man dies while asking questions, Seychelle navigates the dangerous shoals and channels of the case and her life, unaware that a greater danger is looming: a murderous human storm designed perfectly for her.
About the Author
Christine Kling is the author of five nautical thrillers and one anthology of short stories. She lives aboard her 33-foot sailboat Talespinner and travels wherever the wind and
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First published October 1, 2012
About the author
Christine Kling
38 books222 followersChristine Kling doesn’t just write about the sea — she's lived on it. She and her husband have sailed their boats across the Pacific, Atlantic, Mediterranean, and the Caribbean, and they’ve logged thousands of miles in a converted ambulance/RV when they’re on land. It’s a nomadic life, and it suits her just fine.
That life on the water is what powers her fiction. Her Seychelle Sullivan series follows a female tugboat captain on the Fort Lauderdale waterfront who keeps finding dead bodies in her waters. The Shipwreck Adventures trilogy sends readers globe-trotting through international nautical thrillers full of history, danger, and buried secrets. And her World War II novel, Whiskey Creek, tells the story of a young woman who takes the helm of her family’s boat to patrol for U-boats off the Florida coast.
With more than forty years of “simply messing about with boats” — as Rat said to Mole in The Wind in the Willows — Christine brings the salt air, the engine grease, and the gut-punch of open ocean to every page. When she’s not writing, she’s probably anchored somewhere new with her two Havapoo pups, Razz and Zoë, planning the next adventure.
That life on the water is what powers her fiction. Her Seychelle Sullivan series follows a female tugboat captain on the Fort Lauderdale waterfront who keeps finding dead bodies in her waters. The Shipwreck Adventures trilogy sends readers globe-trotting through international nautical thrillers full of history, danger, and buried secrets. And her World War II novel, Whiskey Creek, tells the story of a young woman who takes the helm of her family’s boat to patrol for U-boats off the Florida coast.
With more than forty years of “simply messing about with boats” — as Rat said to Mole in The Wind in the Willows — Christine brings the salt air, the engine grease, and the gut-punch of open ocean to every page. When she’s not writing, she’s probably anchored somewhere new with her two Havapoo pups, Razz and Zoë, planning the next adventure.
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October 15, 2022
5 outstanding novels
Oh my goodness, what a great group of stories. I loved the characters and each individual story line. Seychelle, the main character, is a caring, independent, inspirational individual, who operates a towing service, who solves various mysteries in order to help people. It was hard to put the book down.
Oh my goodness, what a great group of stories. I loved the characters and each individual story line. Seychelle, the main character, is a caring, independent, inspirational individual, who operates a towing service, who solves various mysteries in order to help people. It was hard to put the book down.
October 20, 2022
One of the Most A amazing Authors Ever!
Never have I enjoyed any writer's works as much as Christine Kling's! From the first page, the scenes, characters and overall plot simply flows along with no "dead spots" or boring explanations or useless details. And consistently as her chapters end, you can't help but read a few lines of the next; there really is no stopping point!
Never have I enjoyed any writer's works as much as Christine Kling's! From the first page, the scenes, characters and overall plot simply flows along with no "dead spots" or boring explanations or useless details. And consistently as her chapters end, you can't help but read a few lines of the next; there really is no stopping point!
January 5, 2023
I was surprised
I really enjoyed this series; I stated the first book not knowing if I'd like it, as it's not the sort of story I usually read. The first book had me hooked - the characters are well written and believable, the plot lines interesting, I thoroughly recommend them to anyone!
I really enjoyed this series; I stated the first book not knowing if I'd like it, as it's not the sort of story I usually read. The first book had me hooked - the characters are well written and believable, the plot lines interesting, I thoroughly recommend them to anyone!
November 6, 2020
I finished reading these books by author Christine King11/5/2020.
October 10, 2022
Wow
These books are so worth it!!! I love the continuity from one book to another. South Florida is so cool and I love books about it.
These books are so worth it!!! I love the continuity from one book to another. South Florida is so cool and I love books about it.
January 18, 2023
trouble in paradise
Wow! Lots of action and several devious characters. So many people hurt but so glad that Seychelle solved the mystery and survived once again.
Wow! Lots of action and several devious characters. So many people hurt but so glad that Seychelle solved the mystery and survived once again.
February 18, 2017
Love the series!
September 5, 2022
Please see individual stories for review.
February 12, 2023
I enjoyed all four of the books in this collection. Easy reads.
Somewhat predictable; smart young lady who is a tugboat Captain sees things, never can leave well enough alone. Never. And, you gentle reader will want to follow along just behind her, but don't expect an easy stroll. LOL
Yes, read these.
Somewhat predictable; smart young lady who is a tugboat Captain sees things, never can leave well enough alone. Never. And, you gentle reader will want to follow along just behind her, but don't expect an easy stroll. LOL
Yes, read these.
May 27, 2014
Four books of suspense and intrigue on the water of Ft. LAUDERDALE and the Keys
Seychelle has a real knack for finding trouble. As a tugboat captain she knows her stuff. Racing out to rescue and salvage a foundering vessel and it's occupants is not always a simple tow. Christine Kling and Seychelle Sullivan is every bit as exciting and intriguing as Clive and Dirk Pitt.
Seychelle has a real knack for finding trouble. As a tugboat captain she knows her stuff. Racing out to rescue and salvage a foundering vessel and it's occupants is not always a simple tow. Christine Kling and Seychelle Sullivan is every bit as exciting and intriguing as Clive and Dirk Pitt.
August 23, 2014
I loved this series. I now feel like Seychelle is one of my friends. Christine Kling's writing is so clear that I felt like I was right there on Seychelle's boat with her, salvaging wrecked yachts and solving mysteries.
I'm looking forward to reading more of Ms. Kling's books, and I do hope she writes more stories about Seychelle and her 'family' in the future.
I'm looking forward to reading more of Ms. Kling's books, and I do hope she writes more stories about Seychelle and her 'family' in the future.
June 13, 2014
I really enjoyed this series. The characters are fun, unique, interesting. They pull you into their lives and make you want to know more about them. I would love to read more about Seychelle's family.
October 5, 2015
Enjoyed the series
Interesting progression thru seychelle's life. I can understand why the series ended, but I wish it didn't have to. I cared about the characters and would have read more...
Interesting progression thru seychelle's life. I can understand why the series ended, but I wish it didn't have to. I cared about the characters and would have read more...
April 24, 2016
Awesome
I have read several books by Christine Kling and her characters and story draw you in. I hate to put down her books. They are well written and she makes you care about the characters.
I have read several books by Christine Kling and her characters and story draw you in. I hate to put down her books. They are well written and she makes you care about the characters.
December 7, 2014
Very enjoyable
The character development is great even if the main character keeps getting in trouble. She's pretty smart and interesting. I feel like I've been to Florida now.
The character development is great even if the main character keeps getting in trouble. She's pretty smart and interesting. I feel like I've been to Florida now.
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