I've enjoyed reading almost all of Owen Laukkanen's books, and this was no exception. It seemed that the suspense would never end; as soon as one problem was solved, new ones came along, and there was always the elephant in the room that we knew would need to be resolved.

If you like cold, wet, stories with stormy ocean trips, you'll like this one. It takes place along the coast of the Pacific NW in Washington and Canada, mostly in the water and almost always on a ship of some sort, except for the unlucky few who didn't manage to stay on board.

The main character was the captain of a tugboat, a young woman who inherited her skills and the boat from her father, who drowned while she was in charge. She has a great crew who are like family, and they keep things interesting. There is also some on again-off again romance going on. And I guess the subject of the story is how far people will go in order to get or hold on to a large sum of money. The answer is, pretty damn far.

I've basically run out of books to read by this author, except for a YA novel that I actually started once but decided it was too YA for me to spend time on. I hope he has some more in the pipeline.