Perilous Waters - (Jessie Madison Thriller) by Terry Shames

About the Book

"FBI dive instructor Jessie Madison's survival skills are stretched to breaking point when she is plunged into danger in this exhilarating thriller--the first in a pulsating new series. Jessie Madison escaped to the Bahamas when she made a terrifying discovery at home and a bad decision got her dismissed from the FBI training program. Three months later, Jessie is ready to return to Virginia to pick up the pieces of her shattered life--until she and a friend are attacked during a boat ride and thrown overboard, with devastating consequences"--

Book Synopsis

FBI dive instructor Jessie Madison's survival skills are stretched to breaking point when she is plunged into danger in this exhilarating thriller - the first in a pulsating new series.

Jessie
Madison escaped to the Bahamas when she made a terrifying discovery at home and
a bad decision got her dismissed from the FBI training program. Three months
later, Jessie is ready to return to Virginia to pick up the pieces of her shattered
life - until she and a friend are attacked during a boat ride and thrown
overboard, with devastating consequences.

Jessie is
determined to bring their attackers to justice. Who are they? What were they
looking for on the boat? And can she trust Nick, the handsome but enigmatic
stranger who claims he wants to help her? Jessie must draw on all her survival and
investigative skills if she is to stay alive long enough to get answers . . .

Review Quotes

The
fast-paced novel featuring a resourceful young woman will appeal to fans of MacGyver-- "Library Journal"

The perfect escapist caper . . . The action is fast and furious, and there's even a happyish ending in this entertaining, keep-'em-guessing read featuring a feisty, likable heroine-- "Booklist"

A page-turning thriller with hints of romance and future adventures-- "Kirkus Reviews"

A neat character-intensive combo of clever police work and family angst-- "Kirkus Reviews on Murder at the Jubilee Rally"

A surprise ending makes this entry one of Shames' best-- "Kirkus Reviews on A Risky Undertaking for Loretta Singletary"

Readers . . . will expect, and get, shocking revelations-- "Booklist on Guilt Strikes at Granger's Store"

Shames's award-winning series will appeal to fans of Steven F. Havill and the late Bill Crider-- "Library Journal on A Risky Undertaking for Loretta Singletary"

Should win Shames new fans-- "Publishers Weekly on Murder at the Jubilee Rally"

Suggest for fans of mysteries . . . including novels by Claire Booth, Steven F. Havill, and Tricia Fields-- "Library Journal Starred Review of Murder at the Jubilee Rally"

About the Author

Award-winning author Terry Shames is the author of the Samuel Craddock mysteries. As well as winning the Macavity Award for Best First Novel, A Killing at Cotton Hill was also shortlisted for The Strand Critics Award. The Necessary Murder of Nonie Blake won the RT Critics Award for Best Mystery. Her books have also been shortlisted for Left Coast Crime Awards for Best Mystery. Perilous Waters is her first thriller.

Terry grew up in Texas, and her Samuel Craddock series is set in the fictitious town of Jarrett Creek, which is based on the fascinating people, landscape and culture of the small town where her grandparents lived. She is a member of Sisters in Crime and on the board of Mystery Writers of America.