Devils Island

Michael Tanner Mystery #4

by Carl Brookins

Lake Superior has called Mary Whitney once more to its shores. While her husband, Michael Tanner, finishes several projects in Seattle, Mary flies alone to settle in to her chartered sailboat in Bayfield, Wisconsin. She is looking forward to a relaxing solo sail and a few days communing with the lake. Neither she nor Michael are aware that Edwin Tobias, a wealthy and determined hedge fund operator and corporate raider - not to mention Mary's twisted ex-husbnad has been tracking her movements--Cover.

244 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2010

About the author

Before I became a mystery writer and reviewer, I was a television program producer, a counselor and faculty member at Metropolitan State University in Saint Paul and a mystery fiction reviewer for the Saint Paul Pioneer Press and Mystery Scene Magazine. I'm an avid recreational sailor (hence my sailing series and a member of Sisters in Crime, and Private Eye Writers of America, as well as MWA. You can frequently find me touring bookstores and libraries with my companions-in-crime, The Minnesota Crime Wave. You can also catch me on tv! Just check out the Minnesota Crime Wave website, www.MinnesotaCrimeWave.org.

I live with my wife Jean, a retired publisher and editor, in Roseville, Minnesota.

Reviews

[Carl Brookins]

Sailing thriller. Mary Whitney, alone on Lake Superior is stalked by her ex-husband on a mad mission to capture and kill her. With no hope of rescue, she is forced to use all her mental and physical attribute in a desperate attempt to save her own life.

[Jennifer Shoop · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed the local references to Lake Superior and the Apostle Islands. The story seemed to take a while to get to the climax and it seemed the author was really thumping through the thesaurus to find obscure and unique words while leading to the culmination of action. Once that was underway, the writing moved along with ease and I did not feel distracted by excessive effort to keep my interest.

[Christine Blunt · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very slow start but a very decent book