Surface Tension: A Novel of Suspense [SIGNED FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING]
Kling, Christine
From Vero Beach Books, Vero Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 20 March 2019
From Vero Beach Books, Vero Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 20 March 2019
About this Item
Very good condition yellow boards, gold spine, and brown spine lettering contained in a very good condition non price-clipped color illustrated dust jacket. Includes Author Dedication; Acknowledgments; and About the Author. A light dampstain at the upper front board and some crinkling to the upper rear jacket (see photographs). Signed and dated (12.5.02) with black pen by the author on the full title page. A small 2 inch by 2 inch "Borders Autographed Copy" sticker is affixed to the lower left jacket front. All pages are in fine unmarked condition and the spine/binding is exceedingly tight and square (see photographs). "In a stunning debut novel featuring a resourceful female sleuth, Christine Kling establishes herself as a major voice in suspense fiction. Surface Tension depicts a world as deceptive as a Florida land deal, as electrifying as the hottest Miami nightclub, and as dangerous as the tug of an invisible riptide . Years ago Seychelle Sullivan had the chance to save a person's life. But on that summer night in Fort Lauderdale, lost in a world of teenage resentment and loneliness, Seychelle was not able to comrpehend any pain but her own. Today Seychelle captains her forty-six-foot salvage boat out of Fort Lauderdale's New River. She's seen change sweep through South Florida, and has witnessed friends and lovers come and go. But she's never escaped that one moment when she could have made a difference and didn't. Now each time she rescues a ship in distress, a little hope stirs in her again. On a steamy Florida morning Seychelle is answering a Mayday call launched from the five-million-dollar Broward yacht called Top Ten. Racing her fiercest competitor for salvage rights. 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 will lead Seychelle to a bloody payday. A beautiful woman has been stabbed to death onboard. And Garrett is nowhere to be found. Even on shore, the pressures are mounting - Seychelle owes money on her boat, and her love life is in shambles. Within twenty-four hours of finding the dead woman and towing Top Ten out of the surf, Seychelle realizes that she has stepped into a lethal business involving some of South Florida's sleaziest criminals. While the police treat her as the prime suspect, Seychelle begins to unravel a tangled plot centered on a strip club where "all the girls are tens on top." Discovering the sordid secrets of the owner of the yacht she rescued and the fate of the man she had once loved, Seychelle is connecting human predators with innocent victims, and a mystery on land with a mystery buried deep beneath the sea. Now, to 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." - from the inner front and rear jacket flaps. Seller Inventory # 007591
Bibliographic Details
Title: Surface Tension: A Novel of Suspense [SIGNED...
Publisher: Ballantine Books, New York
Publication Date: 2002
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: 1st Edition
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