I have read your four sailing thriller novels, and found they were quite good. I have one friendly suggestion, though. Please do not describe the movements of people who are shot with guns as if they had been hit by a 200 lb. sledgehammer. Cheap Hollywood movies sometimes make that mistake, but quality writing such as yours should not. I know whereof I speak, being a retired prosecutor and having tried more than 100 homicide cases, and having attended many seminars in weapons and ballistics. The impact of a bullet has the same force as the recoil of the gun that fired it – in other words, enough force to move the hand holding the gun back a bit, but not nearly enough to throw a human body around like a rag doll.
Thank you for the pleasurable experience of reading your novels. I hope you are not insulted by my mild criticism, it was not intended that way.
Ken Simon, Sr.