Word: A Novel - Softcover

Coerte Felske

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0349120137 ISBN 13: 9780349120133

Publisher: Abacus, 2001

Synopsis

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 too 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.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

LOVE AND GREED...SEX AND BETRAYAL...VIOLENCE AND LIES. THIS IS NO HOLLYWOOD MOVIE. THIS IS HOLLYWOOD.

Your guide -- Heyward Hoon, ambitious young screenwriter and floating matchmaker. Armed with only his little black book, he has a brand-new plan to conquer the fabulous hell called Hollywood. His ticket -- coolness-deprived studio megaboss Sydney Swinburne. The deal -- Heyward gives Sydney access to the town's most beautiful women, and Sydney opens for Heyward the dream factory's glittering industry door. There's one complication. Her name is Teal. And she turns a white-hot spotlight on both men's souls.

Deep from the inside comes a bravura portrait of Hollywood's light and dark sides that may be the most scathing, most moving, most entertaining novel you'll read this year.

About the Author:

Coerte V. W. Felske was born in New York in 1960. He was educated at Dartmouth College and Columbia University. He has worked as a screenwriter in Hollywood and is the author of one previous novel.

About this edition

• Publisher: Abacus
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0349120137
• ISBN 13: 9780349120133
• Binding: Paperback