Whiskey Gulf

The latest novel by a new star of the mystery genre, featuring former Coast-Guard-officer-turned-marine-PI Charlie Noble

Publishers Weekly

Ford's third Charlie Noble suspense novel shares the same shortcomings as its predecessors, Red Herring and Precious Cargo. Noble, a former Coast Guardsman who now works as a maritime PI in Washington State, looks into the disappearance of Bill and Becky Kinsley, who sailed their 40-foot ketch into a live-fire naval exercise area called Whiskey Gulf. After some initial investigating, Noble gets a tip from a friend in intelligence-that the Kinsleys' boat was destroyed as a cover to shield them from a terrorist, Ali Sharik, whose brother happens to be the bad guy Noble shot after the brother tried to blow up a U.S. ship near Bahrain. Action fans may roll their eyes at the relationship discussions between Noble and his Coast Guard girlfriend, Lt. Kate Sullivan. Ungainly prose may put off others ("my coffee took on the color of Ali Sharik's angry eyes when I'd stood facing him with the news that I'd killed his brother"). Author tour. (July)

Clyde Ford is a critically acclaimed author of fiction and nonfiction, including Precious Cargo. He’s been a guest on the Oprah Winfrey Show, NPR, and radio and television programs around the country. Clyde is also a trained psychotherapist, sought after public speaker, and mythologist. He lives in Bellingham, Washington, and writes aboard his 30-foot Willard trawler, where he cruises the waters of the Inside Passage.

www.clydeford.com