Billingsgate Shoal

Name: Billingsgate Shoal
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: Rick Boyer
ISBN: 9781441797179

Author: Rick Boyer

Series: The Doc Adams Series #1982

Narrator: Christopher Lane

Unabridged: 10 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Published: 01/01/2007

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective

Synopsis

First, a fishing trawler runs aground on the Massachusetts shore. Then, a young scuba diver sent to investigate the wreck is found floating lifeless in the water.Doc Adams, the unhappy friend of the unlucky aquarian, has just been launched through the stormy seas and bloodflecked sands of the Cape Cod coast to plumb a murder he should have prevented. There he uncovers a hidden treasure in illegal arms and barely survives a nearfatal confrontation with a gun. This leaves the killers hes hunting with the comfortable feeling that Doc is dead.Now Doc can watch for the first wrong move they make.

About Rick Boyer

Rick Boyer is the author of several Doc Adams mysteries, including Billingsgate Shoal, for which he won an Edgar Award for Best First Mystery from the Mystery Writers of America. He is a long-time resident of Concord, Massachusetts, and teaches writing in Asheville, North Carolina.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Victoria & David on March 01, 2025

The last time I bought a paperback because of the blurb was 'Fear of Flying' by Erica Jong. And that was in 1973. Because John Updike said that it was 'Fearless and Fresh'. Although I was mostly looking for down and dirty. Since then I have learned to mistrust most blurbs. Particularly about mysteri......more

Goodreads review by Greg on April 05, 2018

At times, this book was suspenseful, especially the parts involving sailing and boat lore. I was hooked and wanted to know what was going on, though I didn't find the result any too satisfying as the author seemed to keep throwing in new elements and most of the detecting involved the hero breaking......more

Goodreads review by Jeffrey on May 01, 2020

Fantastic read.......more

Goodreads review by Peter on August 21, 2024

A near perfect, unlikely detective hero, mystery from the 1970's.......more