Boat Finder (Rosie Winterbourne Thriller) - Softcover

Rothery, Michael

9798235233508: Boat Finder (Rosie Winterbourne Thriller)

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ISBN 13: 9798235233508

Publisher: Weatherdeck Books, 2026

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Rosie Winterbourne knows boats. She knows how they move, how they vanish, and how to read the sea when everyone else is looking the wrong way.

Once an intelligence operative, now cast out and trying to rebuild a life that still cuts her in the dark, Rosie has traded covert missions for a fragile new career tracing stolen yachts. It should be quieter work. Cleaner work. A way to use her skills without drowning in the ghosts of what came before.

Then a luxury yacht disappears from Hartlepool.

So does the owner's daughter.

What begins as a marine theft investigation quickly turns into something far colder: a trail of false identities, offshore money, ruthless corporate power and a stolen vessel heading into deep Atlantic waters. The police have theories. The insurers have paperwork. Rosie has instinct, experience, and a stubborn refusal to let the sea swallow the truth.

Her search takes her from the south coast of England to the Azores, where fog, volcanic rock and open ocean conceal more than one secret. Alone, under-resourced and unsure who can be trusted, Rosie must follow a course that leads beyond stolen boats into a hidden world of coercion, corruption and violence.

She is smart, damaged, capable - and far from invincible.

Every decision costs her. Every mistake could kill the people she has come to find. And as the line between rescue and survival begins to break apart, Rosie must rely on the very instincts that once made her dangerous: patience, nerve, seamanship, and the ability to keep moving when fear would sink anyone else.

Because finding the yacht was only the beginning.

Bringing its passengers home alive will take everything she has left.

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About the Author

'"Write about what you know and write truly" was the rule Ernest Hemingway (my 15th cousin, according to ancestry.com) lived by. He believed in utilizing personal experiences and true emotions to make a story believable. And that's what informs my own writing. You don't need to know the sea to be swept away by it. My thrillers are not written for sailors alone. They are written for anyone who loves suspense, danger, strong characters, and stories that pull you irresistibly onward. Because it's what I know, the maritime world provides the setting, but it is never a barrier: the language is clear, the stakes are human, and the drama is universal. You won't need a chart, a glossary, or any nautical experience to follow the story-only a taste for tension, intrigue, and adventure. '

Michael Rothery

Michael Rothery is a lifelong writer whose fiction is shaped by decades at sea. He began writing poems and letters long before turning to full-length fiction in 2012. He served twenty-five years in the Royal Navy, gaining extensive operational and maritime experience that now underpins the realism of his novels.

Alongside his writing career, he qualified as a yachtmaster and worked for a time on yacht deliveries. In 2015, he bought a sailing yacht in Greece and sailed solo to the Caribbean via the Atlantic Islands. He went on to cruise the Lesser Antilles for several years before crossing to the Azores. In 2024, he sold his boat and came ashore, bringing with him a lifetime of naval service, blue-water sailing, and firsthand maritime knowledge that informs every aspect of his writing.

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