by Rick Boyer
First published 1985
A fishing trawler washes ashore on the Massachusetts coast. Doc Adams watches as a young scuba diver descends to examine the wreck, only to surface dead. The diver was Adams's friend, and Adams knows he could have stopped the fatal dive. Now guilt drives him into the choppy waters and bloodstained beaches of Cape Cod to hunt his friend's killer. His investigation leads him to a cache of smuggled weapons. The discovery nearly costs Adams his life. He decides to fake his own death, giving him cover to track down the murderers. But Adams walks a razor's edge. One wrong move will make him the next victim. Rick Boyer won the Edgar Award for this thriller that pits a determined amateur sleuth against ruthless arms dealers in the dangerous waters off New England.
Genres: adventure, mystery, crime, thriller, action, amateur-sleuth
Vibes: emotional, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: amateur-sleuth, determined-protagonist, faked-death
Setting: Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Period: 20th-century
288 pages · Hardcover · Victor Gollancz