review by showhost
How can an author who so strongly supports the National Literacy trust
produce such no brainer literature!
This is the same man who wrote the gripping
crime novels with alex Cross & his family as the main characters (Kiss the
Girls, Along Came a Spider etc). He wrote them all by himself but now most of
his books have another author attached - in this case it is Howard
Roughan. But in retrospect literature is about reaching out to all regardless of
their ability or reading preferences. If this book engaged a previous
reticent or non-learner then it has done some good. We all start somewhere.
Sail is a very predicable read. The 'family dunne' is the name of a big sailing
boat belonging to the very wealthy american family, the Dunnes. Katherine
Dunne, the mother, and her 3 children decide to spend the summer on a sailing
vacation off Bahamas (mums idea not the kids). The boat belonged to their deceased father. Their Uncle
Jack, their fathers brother, is to be their captain. Katherine hopes it will
help bond her warring children. Her new husband/partner Peter Carlyle waves
them off on the quay then meets up with his mistress for a romp.
But mishap follows mishap, leak in the fuel/water hose, then an explosion
which wrecks the boat. After being adrift for days the family find themselves
marooned on a deserted island. The positional GPR box reads wrong & the
coastguard rescue can't find them. But a message in a bottle proves lucky.
Was the boat an accident or attempted murder and if so who dunnit? No prizes for guessing correctly.
Good if you want an easy predicatble read you can pick up and put down
without having to concentrate.
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