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Tsunami Beach
Tsunami Beach marks the return of Shane, Mikaela, and Amy Cooper from the dystopian adventure, Devastated Lands. The setting for this contemporary crime thriller is the rugged seaside town of Cannon Beach, Oregon.
It's been 17 years since the Coopers' survival ordeal west of Mount Rainier. Amy is now 22 y.o. and teaches in an elementary school in town, just a half mile from the sea. 8 y.o. sister Shauna attends the school.
Sixty miles offshore is a stretch of the 600-mile long mega-thrust earthquake and tsunami region called the Cascadia Subduction Zone (CSZ).
The tiny community of 1,100 and its tourist crowds have problems much closer to home, however, including the disappearance of Gail Davies. She was a former dancer on the Vegas Strip who works for Tony Jonze's girlfriend Jodie. Gail 's friend Evelyn, who was also partying at the Pelican Brew on Gail's last night, has also gone missing.
A famous big wave surfer who has a drug-dealer past, Shred Thurston, is one of the suspects.
Stephen Graves, a black detective who works the Portland Metro beat, is brought in to investigate the killing. He's originally from the projects in Roxbury, Mass., once worked for the LAPD. and is a whiz with crime databases and DNA science.
The evidence also implicates a loan shark Gail got involved with in Vegas.
This mashup of dystopian adventure and detective thriller follows our protagonists as they cope with crime and the looming threat of natural disaster.
It's been 17 years since the Coopers' survival ordeal west of Mount Rainier. Amy is now 22 y.o. and teaches in an elementary school in town, just a half mile from the sea. 8 y.o. sister Shauna attends the school.
Sixty miles offshore is a stretch of the 600-mile long mega-thrust earthquake and tsunami region called the Cascadia Subduction Zone (CSZ).
The tiny community of 1,100 and its tourist crowds have problems much closer to home, however, including the disappearance of Gail Davies. She was a former dancer on the Vegas Strip who works for Tony Jonze's girlfriend Jodie. Gail 's friend Evelyn, who was also partying at the Pelican Brew on Gail's last night, has also gone missing.
A famous big wave surfer who has a drug-dealer past, Shred Thurston, is one of the suspects.
Stephen Graves, a black detective who works the Portland Metro beat, is brought in to investigate the killing. He's originally from the projects in Roxbury, Mass., once worked for the LAPD. and is a whiz with crime databases and DNA science.
The evidence also implicates a loan shark Gail got involved with in Vegas.
This mashup of dystopian adventure and detective thriller follows our protagonists as they cope with crime and the looming threat of natural disaster.
285 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 18, 2020
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About the author
Bruce W. Perry
45 books22 followersI'm a big fan of good stories, and sharing them. I've been reading a lot since I was a towheaded kid, growing up in a small town with a reading and writing tradition called Concord, Massachusetts. Our house was about a half mile from Walden Pond. That didn't make me a better writer by osmosis, but it darn sure made me a reader! I was the kid sitting under a tree, head buried in a book. I read every hardcover and paperback I could get my hands on.
A family friend gave me anthologies of Jules Verne and H.G. Wells when I was in the third grade. They encompassed the first adult narratives and science fiction I had read. They were hardcover, heavy, and I couldn't put them down, until I had to put them down, because they were heavy.
I tend to read and write in several genres, mostly science fiction/dystopian, adventure, thriller, and detective, but I've written stories that don't really fall into either of those categories, as in the war romance Accidental Exiles or the satire Lost Young Love.
In my work life I've been a trade newsletter writer and a software engineer, as well as a landscaper and a really bad waiter. I've also written non-fiction books on fitness and software, including Fitness For Geeks.
When I'm not writing, I'm a nomad. I love to travel. I prefer writing outside with a pen, legal pad, and a nice view.
A family friend gave me anthologies of Jules Verne and H.G. Wells when I was in the third grade. They encompassed the first adult narratives and science fiction I had read. They were hardcover, heavy, and I couldn't put them down, until I had to put them down, because they were heavy.
I tend to read and write in several genres, mostly science fiction/dystopian, adventure, thriller, and detective, but I've written stories that don't really fall into either of those categories, as in the war romance Accidental Exiles or the satire Lost Young Love.
In my work life I've been a trade newsletter writer and a software engineer, as well as a landscaper and a really bad waiter. I've also written non-fiction books on fitness and software, including Fitness For Geeks.
When I'm not writing, I'm a nomad. I love to travel. I prefer writing outside with a pen, legal pad, and a nice view.
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September 18, 2020
Tsunami Beach, by Bruce W. Perry, is the second installment of the Devastated Lands series. However, I read it without reading the first book, and it stands alone well as it follows the story of a small town navigating a series of murders. Several storylines weave together in exciting and suspenseful ways as dedicated Devastated Lands readers are reunited with Shane, Mikaela and Amy Cooper and are introduced to an extensive cast of new characters. When disaster strikes, the various characters’ feelings are palpable as they rush to escape and to rescue their loved ones. This is an action-packed and engaging read - I couldn’t put it down!
February 24, 2022
Still needs work.
This book is better than the first one, but still needs lots of editing. Story is interesting and research on geology and northern Oregon coast is much better. 3 stars because he actually finished it.
This book is better than the first one, but still needs lots of editing. Story is interesting and research on geology and northern Oregon coast is much better. 3 stars because he actually finished it.
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