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Dangerous Depths: An Underwater Investigation [Mass Market Paperback]

Kathy Brandt (Author)
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  • Mass Market Paperback: 262 pages
  • Publisher: Signet Book (3 May 2005)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0451214935
  • ISBN-13: 978-0451214935
  • Product Dimensions: 16.8 x 10.7 x 2.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,029,717 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars Third Strike 4 July 2005
By Mark Baker TOP 500 REVIEWER
Format:Mass Market Paperback
The explosion wakes Hannah Sampson in the middle of the night. Her neighbor's boat has just blown up. Quick diving saves Elyse Henry's life, but she's in a coma in the hospital. Chief of Police Dunn thinks that it was a tragic accident, but Hannah is convinced her friend is the victim of an attempted murder. Since Elyse's work as an environmentalist wasn't always received well, the list of potential suspects is rather long. Can Hannah put the pieces together?

So the series has never been a favorite with me, but I have enjoyed them. This time, the flaws of the series were too much. The sub-plot about charters being robbed was obvious from the very beginning. The book is obviously a lecture on the environment, but the characters fell into two camps, the good environmentalists and the evil business owners. The only exception to that was Hannah's boyfriend O'Brien. There were also times the story was stopped so we could have characters lecture us on the importance of their pet environmental issue. Finally, the author and editor paid no attention to detail, referring to events from several days ago as yesterday and calling the same meal breakfast and lunch multiple times within a few pages.

The idea of a scuba diver in the British Virgin Islands is a great premise, and I've been generous to the series in the past, hoping it will improve. After this outing, I'm not holding my breath.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars exciting police procedural 4 May 2005
By Harriet Klausner - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Police underwater diver and homicide investigator Hannah Sampson went down to the British Virgin Island as a favor to her boss who wanted someone on his team nearby during the inquiries into the death of his son there. Hannah loved it so much that she quit her job in Denver and went to work as a detective in BVI in Tortuga. After a year of living there she has a lover, good friends and a houseboat where she can look out at the sea every day.

One day she is awakened by an explosion and sees the Caribbe on fire and sinking into the water. She dives and brings up her friend Elyse Henry who lapses into a coma. Evidence points to the incident being an accident because she left her propane stove on, which apparently sparked and caught fire. Hannah's instinct tells her somebody was trying to murder her friend. In defiance of her boss' orders to leave the case alone, the determined Hannah tries to prove her instincts are correct, but almost gets killed in the process.

DANGEROUS DEPTHS is an exciting police procedural set in an exotic setting. What makes the attempt on Elyse's life interesting is that she didn't have an enemy with a motive to murder her; so readers keep wondering why as they seek along aside the heroine to find out who the killer is. Armchair travelers beware! Once you read this book, you'll want to hop at plane and visit the unspoiled British Virgin Islands.

Harriet Klausner
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Dangerous Depths 24 Jun 2005
By E. C. Russell - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Third in a great series. This book, in particular, will take you for a ride both above and underwater with enough twists and surprises to satisfy any reader. I have a love of diving and a healthy respect for the Sea. It is obvious Kathy Brandt does too. Through her facinating main character, Hannah Sampson, she tells a heck of a yarn, but in so doing gives us all a tast of beauty, danger, romance and the need to respect our "one earth" and its endangered species.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Some Danger with little Depth in "Dangerous Depths" 22 Sep 2006
By Kevin Tipple - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Detective Hannah Sampson is back in her third adventure and this time dealing with what she believes was an attempted homicide. It was Sampson who was first on the scene when her friend Elyse Henry was thrown into the burning sea by an explosion aboard the boat "Caribbe." Sampson was asleep on board her own boat "Sea Bird" when the noise woke her up and she investigated. Despite her injuries due to the flames, she was able to rescue Elyse who now lies in the hospital in a coma.

For Hannah Sampson, she believes that the explosion and resulting fire were caused by foul play. Everyone else, including Chief Dun of the Tortola Police Department, believes it was just an accident. Elyse Henry, advent environmentalist especially in regards to the sea turtles and the coral reef, annoyed some of the natives in the British Virgin Islands and appealed to others. With no real evidence other than a gut feeling on Hannah's part, Dun wants her to move on to more serious and obvious matters such as who is breaking into charter boats and stealing stuff. Hannah is not about to let anything go.

What follows is a rather simplistic but enjoyable read. The second storyline of the break-ins on the charters is rather obvious as is the author's feelings on environmental issues. Frequently the narrative read stops completely as the groups are portrayed simplistically as either for or against the environment and the reader is lectured. Like the character development itself, the lectures are simplistic and cultural differences regarding native islanders are mentioned but basically ignored.

The main plot line is enjoyable however and holds a couple of minor surprises. Obviously, the author loves the area she writes about and that comes through clearly to the reader when she concentrates on her main plot and the beauty of the area. When that is in play, the story moves forward at a steady pace. Unfortunately, the lectures are frequent and not at all subtle or woven skillfully into the story and thus, stop the action and the reader cold.

The overall result is an average read at best. Simplistic on all levels, this is a pleasant diversion for a couple of hours.

Kevin R. Tipple (copyright) 2006
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