Tides of Fear - Softcover

Jones, Anne B.

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Synopsis

Which is the most dangerous predator? A shark? Or a man? St. Simons Island becomes a scene of panic as bodies are washed ashore. First blaming the deaths on sharks, police soon realize the predator is human. A killer stalks the tourists, luring and drowning his victims as easily as he eludes discovery. Tides of Fear, set on the shark-infested Georgia Coast, includes the hunt for a serial murderer, with water as the crime scene. ... As author of Tides of Fear, Anne B. Jones has been compared to Thomas Harris and Jeffrey Deaver, 'without the slice and dice.' The book includes a gripping plot, well-developed characters, and insights into profiling and other forensic subjects. Tides of Fear is unusual because of its use of water as a crime scene with underwater crime scene analysis. The book is based on the author s doctoral research related to violence. Author Bob Mayer, calls it Jaws, with a serial killer .

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About the Author

Anne B. Jones is the author of STOP, a manual for youth violence prevention; Gold Thunder, a story of 1960 NASCAR Champion Rex White; All Around the Track, a collection of racing mini-memoirs; Brave at Heart, the story of Walter Victor & the Atlanta Braves; Tools for Successful Writing; and A Light on Peachtree: The History of the Atlanta Woman s Club. STOP was published and released by the Atlanta Council on Battered Women, distributed nationwide, and included as part of the television documentary Behind Closed Doors, narrated by Monica Kaufman of Atlanta s Channel 2 News Team. Brave at Heart was nominated for Georgia Author of the Year. ... Anne Jones specialized in working with at-risk students for thirty-one years, teaching in a variety of school settings, including Job Corp, Boys and Girls Town (a shelter for status offenders), and Dekalb Alternative School (an educational center for suspended students). During her career she has been a volunteer mediator, rape crisis counselor, victim-witness assistant, volunteer probation officer, public relations writer for a charity clinic, and member of the Gwinnett County Domestic Violence Task Force. ...     She has also published hundreds of feature articles on topics ranging from crime prevention to personality profiles and makes frequent presentations on writing and publishing topics at bookstores, writing workshops and conferences.

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