Green Flash

by L.M. Lawson

Book Overview

Sun-baked golden sands, tropical seas, ice-cold margaritas sipped in the shade of a palapa on Zihuatenajo's swinging shores. This is the life Jessie and Neal Fox were looking for when they gave up on... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0743474406
• ISBN13: 9780743474405
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: iBooks
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.1" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Fast-paced maritime mystery delivers

This fast paced maritime thriller will not disappoint those that love a good sail-tale and "who done it." Straight away you are lured into the many twists and turns the story takes. At the center is a very likeable couple, fortunate to be able to live the life they love on their sail boat. While cruising the beautiful Mexican coastal waters they discover the decomposing body of a missing woman. Horrified, they tie her up along side the boat and then discover a video camera still velcoed to her arm. Securing the camera on deck they have now placed themselves in the forefront of the case and the story zooms off wildly, while you frantically turn those pages as fast as you can to keep up. The first few chapters are shockers, (deomposing body parts, shark attacks, graphic drowning scenarios ) and the reader will surely discover their innate fears stimulated. In contrast, you will still be able to feel a part of the sailing life style; socializing on deck and in town, the feel of the ship cutting through the water and the lull of the boat as they fall asleep at night. While not a life style suitable for everyone, the rewards for those taken by it are captivating and I personally enjoy discovering all the details. I would not mind meeting this likeable couple again, in say, Costa Rica?

A terrific action/adventure yarn of mystery and intrigue!

Green Flash is a maritime thriller in which Jessie and Neal Fox survive ambush and sabotage while delivering to the authorities a video camera they salvaged off the Mexican Riviera. It seems that the tape holds proof that a fatal accident at sea was really murder. L.M. Lawson demonstrates a dramatic talent for narrative storytelling in this novel spanning from the tropical heat of Zihautanejo to the grandeur of Mexico City, and will prove fast-paced, totally entertaining, highly recommended reading for anyone who likes a good action/adventure yarn of mystery and intrigue with a maritime flavor of sailing ships and foreign ports!

Real people living a great adventure

Jessie and Neal lead an adventurous life, and they take youalong to meet their friends and a real villain. This book has greatcharacters, exotic settings and many interesting plot twists and turns. The depictions of sailing and cruising life are authentic; I could feel the heat in Zihuatanejo, and see the beauty of a night passage on a small boat on a big ocean. Almost as good as being there yourself.

A great read!

This book was very entertaining. I have never sailed on a yacht, shopped in an open air market in Zihautanejo, or run with the likes of millionaires and murders but I did all that while in the clutches of Green Flash. It kept me coming back for more until, unfortunately, I finished it. The characters were very real and I warmed up to them right away. The author is a colorful writer and makes the reader feel as if they are right there in the midst of Neal and Jessie's adventures. I recommend that you not read the back cover beforehand. Not knowing what the outcome of this adventure might be, will keep you in greater suspense. Ahoy! I mean, enjoy! I surely did.

Sailing's Equivalent to Dick Francis

Neal and Jesse are living their dream on a sailboat off the coast of Mexico when they discover a video camera that may be evidence in a mysterious death. Their adventures in trying to return the camera to the authorities strain their relationship and put them at odds with friends they have always trusted. They face intrigue and violence on their trip from Zihautenejo to Mexico City, and eventually use their knowledge of boats and the sea to unravel the tangled chain of events. The plot is tightly constructed and leaves no loose ends. L.M. Lawson may be sailing's equivalent to horse racing's Dick Francis.