Word

By Coerte V.W. Felske

Book Overview

Callie Carlson has spent her life at odds with the sea. Growing up on the Florida Straits, she blames the Atlantic for her mother's and father's death and the enticement of her younger brother Jeff whom she has practically raised -- the only family member left to her now. When Jeff goes out in a storm, Callie is sure that the sea will finally steal the last of her blood ties. Her frantic waiting and watching on the docks draws the attention of her neighbor, Chase Mattingly. Chase, a swarthy ex-SEAL turned diver, is in a maelstrom of his own. While his body recovers from the pain and rigors of the bends, the result of a recent diving accident, his mind is demonized by encroaching shadows in the night that play tricks on his eyes. Yet, that afternoon he finds it within himself to reach out to Callie... When Callie's brother Jeff at long last returns safe with a salvaged boat in tow, and that boat turns out to be the scene of a murder, Callie and Chase find they must join forces to protect the young man -- from the law, and from the criminals who think he knows to much. Chase agrees, once he realizes the salvaged boat was found in the same spot on the ocean that his mysterious diving accident occurred. Caught between the danger and madness of the sea, Callie and Chase find they have only each other to cling to as they unravel the danger that threatens them all.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0446609005
• ISBN13: 9780446609005
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: Warner Books (NY)
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.3" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Highly Recommend

First of all, I think it is very funny that everyone gave this book a great review except the two readers from Los Angeles, where this book is set! Maybe it hits too close to home for Angelenos who (I have found) overestimate their cultural and intellectual significance. As well as being completely full of themselves.I read this book long before I came out to Los Angeles, and would like to read it again now that I have been here a few years. Back in a rural area of the East Coast, I thought it was a hilarious book that I could not put down. It is one of those books you are disappointed to have end. Sadly, some (a lot) of the book is true of the Hollywood scene.Ok, so it's not some grand philosophical treatise, but it is a very witty and sharp view of Hollywood. I have read other Felske books, and they do not compare to clever writing of this book.

Great reading for this shallow man

What can I say, I love beautiful women. And this novel throws you in the middle of the most available, beautiful women in America. Taking a Hollywood wannabe and putting him close to the flame, this novel allows the main character to explore his dreams and his values. A great "beach" read and a great read about Hollywood culture. I liked the book enough I will put it on my reread list.

The "Word" for X-Generation

Buzz words, Hollyword insights, romance, sex, lies, the whole LA scene is in this book. Felske gives you a free trip to LA with a discount price A great (and I mean GREAT) ending twists and turns you, making you realize you shouldn't trust anyone. One of those books that you will not, no wait, CANNOT put down. A classic in every sense.

Truth is stranger than fiction

If you haven't lived it, this book will make no sense. But if you are in the entertainment business, you have done the New York thing, you've done the LA thing, you will sit there saying, "This is amazing." It is LA in a nutshell and frightening how accurate it is.

I felt like a child at the playground.

I couldn't wait to turn each page. What would Hayward do next? The characters were exciting and believable. I had great fun reading this book. Thanks.