Black Tide

by Unknown

• ISBN13: 9780752864884
• ISBN10: 0752864882
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2005-10-01
• Publisher: Orion Publishing

Summary

When journalist India Kane agrees to accompany the Greenpeace ship Sundancer in its pursuit of a whaling fleet, she has no idea what awaits her. Buffeted by high winds and blinded by freezing fog, by the time they spot the huge tanker bearing down on themit's simply too late. Eight crewmembers are lost. Ned, one of India's closest friends, is among them. When it emerges that the tanker that rammed Sundancer is unregistereda "ghost ship," untraceable and unaccountableIndia is determined to bring the owner of the vessel to justice. India's investigation will take her from the freezing Southern Ocean to the baking outback of western Australia, where corruption, greed, and betrayal go hand in hand. What she discovers there will lead her on a journey to absolute terror.

Author Biography

Caroline Carver’s first novel, Blood Junction, which was praised by Publishers Weekly as “exceptional,” won the CWA Debut Dagger Award. Black Tide, her third novel, follows Dead Heat, which Booklist called “a diverting mystery-thriller for those who enjoy Nevada Barr or Elizabeth Peters.”