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Summary: Surface Tension
Review: For her first novel, I thought this was a great read. I lived in Florida for almost 20 years and found Ms. Kling was extremely accurate in her diescriptions of the various places in and around Ft. Lauderdale. The novel held my interest and was suspensful, her characters believable. I am looking forward to more books from Ms. Kling
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Summary: Surface Tension
Review: How well does mystery writer Christine Kling know South Florida? Just as Raymond Chandler exposed the soft underbelly of Los Angeles in a way that readers can never forget, Kling offers readers a tour of a dark, gritty Fort Lauterdale that the tourists never see. Sam Spade would love Seychelle Sullivan, the heroine of Kling's new novel, Surface Tension. Sullivan is determined, resourceful and honorable in a world where many men have no honor at all. As the novel begins, Sullivan is the captain of a salvage ship responding to a distress call from a multi-million dollar yacht. She is determined to rescue the yacht's captain, a man she once loved. It is a bitter irony that Sullivan's desire to save a live soon threatens to destroy her own. She is forced to confront a world of greed, corruption and cruelty that would have frightened Dante himself. Kling is such a gifted writer that the reader imagines that she is perched at his elbow, telling the story to him alone. Readers should be warned that this book is impossible to put down. Sleep is less important than finding out what happens to Seychelle Sullivan. Kling has spent twenty years of her life on or around boats and her experience shows. She writes about the world of boating, fishing and skin diving with an authority that is one of the pleasures of this fast-paced thriller. If I could send Ms. Kling a message via ESP, it would be: "When is the sequel coming out?"
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Summary: Surface Tension is impossible to put down!
Review: How well does mystery writer Christine Kling know South Florida? Just as Raymond Chandler exposed the soft underbelly of Los Angeles in a way that readers can never forget, Kling offers readers a tour of a dark, gritty Fort Lauterdale that the tourists never see. Sam Spade would love Seychelle Sullivan, the heroine of Kling's new novel, Surface Tension. Sullivan is determined, resourceful and honorable in a world where many men have no honor at all. As the novel begins, Sullivan is the captain of a salvage ship responding to a distress call from a multi-million dollar yacht. She is determined to rescue the yacht's captain, a man she once loved. It is a bitter irony that Sullivan's desire to save a live soon threatens to destroy her own. She is forced to confront a world of greed, corruption and cruelty that would have frightened Dante himself. Kling is such a gifted writer that the reader imagines that she is perched at his elbow, telling the story to him alone. Readers should be warned that this book is impossible to put down. Sleep is less important than finding out what happens to Seychelle Sullivan. Kling has spent twenty years of her life on or around boats and her experience shows. She writes about the world of boating, fishing and skin diving with an authority that is one of the pleasures of this fast-paced thriller. If I could send Ms. Kling a message via ESP, it would be: "When is the sequel coming out?"
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Summary: Surface Tension
Review: I enjoyed this book, as much as I did Patricia Cornwell's first book.
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Summary: New Series fits in the Florida Scene very nicely
Review: I'm glad to have a new series to fill in my waiting for Randy Wayne White and James W Hall outings- a year is a long time to wait between installments when you really like a series, and after reading Christine Kling's Surface Tension, I'm looking forward to more Seychelle Sullivan.
--Seychelle Sullivan is a strong, believable female lead based in a South Florida waterfront, operating her own marine salvage operation offers great possibilities for future adventures.
--The story could have been set in Seattle, Long Beach, Chicago, Baltimore, or Boston, -almost any busy urban waterfront, but Kling uses South Florida Megayacht wealth contrasted with working stiff realities in the warm water, semi-tropical clime to her advantage.
--I found satisfaction in the author's obvious depth of familiarity with the Fort Lauderdale/South Florida setting and the whole boating/marine scene. Kling's experience based knowledge of her characters' world lends a smooth, authoritive tone to the writing. Strong writing, brisk story movement with character development in a unique setting not mined out by other authors -that's what I'm liking in this book.
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Summary: An impressive debut
Review: Seychelle Sullivan is the captain of a salvage boat in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. One morning, she receives a Mayday call from a yacht at sea. The yacht is a vessel Sey is very much familiar with in that her old boyfriend, Neil, is the pilot. The call is made from a desperate sounding woman. Sey locates the boat and discovers the bloody body of a young woman. Neil is nowhere to be found. Things get worse when Sey finds herself the primary suspect of the police. She must discover, on her own, what happened aboard the ship and locate Neil. She soon finds her life in danger.
Christine Kling proves in her first outing that she is a writer to be reckoned with. Not only does she have an apparent natural talent at storytelling, but can create memorable, yet, realistic characterizations. SURFACE TENSION is a character driven regional mystery in the same vein as the hard-boiled female protagonists of Marcia Muller, Sue Grafton or Sara Paretsky. It is obvious Ms. Kling knows about boats in that they are major players in this book. The southern Florida locale very much plays a part in this work and is utilized quite effectively. Pacing is brisk and the plot carefully constructed. Florida mystery writers are among the best in the genre. I predict Christine Kling will prove to be no exception to that statement. An impressive debut.
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Summary: Not bad
Review: Very predictible, Ms. Kling leaves no doubt as to who the "surprise" villains are going to be, but overall it's not a bad little story.
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Summary: Not bad
Review: Very predictible, Ms. Kling leaves no doubt as to who the "surprise" villains are going to be, but overall it's not a bad little story.
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