Very Enjoyable This was my first book by Christine Kling and I thought it was pretty good. I read the book in 2 days and then read Cross Current. I liked Wrecker's Key better, however a similar story line occured in both books- a person from the past emerges as a "good guy" and turns out to be the villain....
Good Mystery This is an easy summer read. Christine hooked me from the first few pages. i'm a fan now. She knows her boating and the twists & turns in the plot go every which way. Wreckers key Great story I had not read any of the authers books until now , very easy reading the story is like a movie makes you feel like you are in the scenes."She's baaaaack!" Wreckers Key was everything I expected from this talented author, and a little more. I read this one straight through. She seems to get better with each publication and this one is the best, so far. Not only has her mystery writing matured, but I truly enjoyed the way she described and used the different area of Key West and her knowledge of Ft. Lauderdale. I felt very confortable with her use of Schooner's Warf, Stock Island, etc. It's obvious that she has "been there, done that". I am looking forward to her next installment.Atmospheric murder(s) on the high seas of the Florida Keys Fort Lauderdale salvage and towboat operator Seychelle Sullivan finds herself in Key West during race week in Kling's fourth. She's come to tow a mega-yacht back to Lauderdale after its hired captain, her friend Nestor Frias, ran it aground.
Nestor suspects the boat's obnoxious owner messed with the GPS but Seychelle, something of a luddite, thinks sailors who rely on technology make mistakes, period.
Then Nestor dies in a windsurfing accident and his pregnant wife insists it's murder. While humoring her, Seychelle finds more reasons to suspect the yacht owner. And she discovers that one salvage company seems to be landing a suspicious amount of business.
Before leaving Key West she also runs into a childhood friend who has shed his ugly duckling nerdyness for a buff and ready success as a handsome charter captain. But the boyfriend back home, B.J., uncertain as that all is, keeps her honest and soon she's headed back to Lauderdale with the yacht, a new crew member and a lot more worries.
Kling keeps things moving and winds up the action with a terrific storm. Readers may figure the culprit before Seychelle does, but the beauty of the book is the water-oriented setting and salvage background and the salty descriptions of the Florida Keys and Lauderdale and their sometimes-shady history.
