Pressure Drop
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| Rating | : | 4.69 (853 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00Z8POQIE |
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| Number of Pages | : | 275 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-03-02 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Just hours after she gives birth, someone kidnaps her infant son from the nursery. But Nina isn’t the only one investigating them. A long-buried secret that dates back to Nazi survivors of World War II is still deadly enough to threaten Nina’s life, her baby’s, and that of the mysterious man who’s protecting her.. Nine months later, the nightmare begins. Nina’s hunt for answers leads her to the Bahamas and the rich, reclusive Standish family who funded the institute. Joining forces with divorced ex–Navy SEAL and deep-sea diver Nate Matthias, Nina is unprepared for the horrors they uncover. The police aren’t helping, the fertility institute has shut down, and Nina believes that the only way to find her baby is to learn the identity of the sperm donor. A thrilling adventure set in the world of underwater diving from acclaimed suspense novelist Peter Abrahams, aka Spencer Quinn, author of the Chet and Bernie Mysteries Deciding on her thirty-ninth birthday that a baby is the best present she could give herself, single Manhattan public relations executive Nina Kitchener makes an appointment to undergo
. Writing as Spencer Quinn, he is also the author of the Chet and Bernie series Dog on It, Thereby Hangs a Tail, and To Fetch a Thief. Peter Abrahams is the New York Times bestselling author of twenty-five books, including the Edgar Award-winning Reality Check, Bullet Point, and the Echo Falls series for middle graders. She lives in Brooklyn. She studied at the Royal National Theatre in London and the Studio Theater in W
Good book still reading it. "Abrahams just gets better and better" according to Linda Sackstein. So far of all his novels, only one gets less than 5 stars. This book was trilling from beginning to end. Peter Abrahams has an ability to create exciting plots and very real people who take part in them. Could not put this book down. The plot deals with the kidnapping of babies and also with detailed descriptions of scuba diving. A very unusual combination but it works terrifically. Few men writers are so able to get into a woman's mind. It's really time that this book and some of his earlier works are . "Excellant work by Abrahams." according to Peter LaPrade. "Pressure Drop" is an interesting novel where the a down-on-his-luck club owner/diver and a New Yorker with a missing child meet up. Nina Kitchener only wanted to have a child, and with the help of a mysterious sperm bank, she did. But then her child is kidnapped, and she sets about trying to find it. The truth leads her to the Bahamas and a final showdown with a ex-Nazi eugenist who has been in hiding for fifty years. The thrills never ended, and it was better than "Fury of Rachel Monette" which had so
"Technologically aided conception, baby stealing, inexplicable marine accidents and the activities of a wealthy, mysterious family are among the intriguing elements Abrahams expertly brings together in this gripping tale," praised PW. . From Publishers Weekly A New York PR executive's search for her kidnapped infant son leads her to the Bahamas. Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc