★★★★★ This thriller is recipient of the following literary awards:
- 2022 Imadjinn Award – Best Thriller Novel
- 2022 Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award Finalist – Suspense and Thriller
- 2021 PenCraft Award – Best Fiction Book of the Year
- 2021 Finalist, The Best Thriller Book Awards on BestThrillers.com
- 2021 Best Book Awards – Fiction: Thriller/Adventure
- Readers’ Favorite Gold Medal – Medical Thriller
- As Seen in Scream Magazine
- As Seen in Strand Magazine
- ScreenCraft’s Most Cinematic Book Competition Quarterfinalist
Trapped on a storm-damaged yacht, a grieving woman must conquer her worst fears and fight for her life, in a story described as The Shining on a yacht. Dr. Dagny Steele is on the verge of fulfilling her lifelong calling to become a pediatric surgeon when the sudden death of her daughter sends her into a crushing depression.
Grief stricken and desperate to heal, she takes a leave of absence and sails across the Indian Ocean with her husband. Dagny begins to recover from her tragic loss when her voyage turns into a nightmare.
Isolated and hunted at sea, can she survive a deadly crucible?
Jeffrey James Higgins is a former reporter, former elected official, and retired supervisory special agent, who writes creative nonfiction, essays, and thriller novels. He has wrestled an IED away from a suicide bomber, fought the Taliban in combat, and chased terrorists across five continents. He received both the Attorney General’s Award for Exceptional Heroism and the DEA Award of Valor.
What readers are saying:
★★★★★ “An expertly paced psychological thriller on the high seas.” ~ Best Thrillers
★★★★★ ” . . . the book is impossible to put down.” ~ The Harvard Press
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