Detective Mike O’Shaughnessy is a likeable guy. From the start, he comes across as someone whom you won’t mind having a beer with. Indeed, his easy-going personality
proves to be an asset as he travels to Bikini Atoll to recuperate.

Along the way, he makes friends with fellow divers, resort staff and a pair of scientists as he stumbles upon some illegal activities involving the Japanese and Russian crime syndicates on the island.

Add to the mix a band of wayward (to put it lightly) renegade divers and a bad-ass (to put it very lightly) mutant barracuda, and what you get is this exciting first novel by former NYPD homicide detective Mike Monahan.

Although this self-published novel can be a tad formulaic at times, it is easy on the eye and the characters are easy to relate to. Thanks to the writer’s passion in diving (he’s a divemaster with more than 1,000 dives to brag about), the descriptions of scuba diving and marine life against a fictional background is realistic enough to warrant a second or third reading.

We’re definitely looking forward to the next book in the Mike O’Shaughnessy series!