Product Description

A sensational summer thriller from bestselling author, James Patterson.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #5078 in Books
• Published on: 2008-06-05
• Released on: 2008-05-29
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 400 pages

Synopsis
As Peter Carlyle waves his wife, children and brother-in-law off on a sailing holiday, all they have in mind is lying back and relaxing. But as a violent storm breaks out, an explosion causes the boat to vanish without a trace and the family are lost, presumed dead. Until now. When a message in a bottle is washed up on a shore, it becomes apparent that there must have been at least one survivor. Peter is a broken man, he appears to struggle to contain his grief as he holds a heartfelt TV interview about his loss. But all is not as it seems, beneath the grief lies a more sinister side, Peter is involved with a beautiful - and dangerous - younger woman and it soon transpires that he knows more about his family's disappearance than he is letting on.He seeks to find whatever remains of his family, but is he really looking for a happy reunion? And could it be that it isn't just Peter who is hot on the Dunne family's trail? The race is on to rescue any survivors and discover what happened aboard the luxury yacht.

About the Author
James Patterson is one of the best-known and biggest selling writers of all time. He is the author of some of the most popular series of the past decade: the Women’s Murder Club, the Alex Cross novels and Maximum Ride, and he has written many other number one bestsellers including romance novels and stand alone thrillers. He has won an Edgar award, the mystery world’s highest honour. He lives in Florida with his wife and son.

Customer Reviews

Shockingly bad
Any book that has a man eating snake come out of nowhere is I'm afraid rubbish.

This story has so many plot twists that it is plain silly and to cap it all the plot is predictable, but childish.

The only good thing about the book is the ending, but for no other reason other than I have finished it and will not need to read it ever again.

Excellent Read
I thoroughly enjoyed this book, couldnt put it down in fact. Not one of the best but a close second. Would highly recommend this, you wont be disappointed.

Sunk
Another woeful outing from James Patterson whose last three outings have seen him regulated from eagerly anticipated to so what. The characters are flat and the story poorly conceived and executed - where does a huge man eating snake come from in Bermuda? It's another straight to video.