Dark Water [Mass Market Paperback]

Sharon Sala (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 2006

A New York Times Bestseller

Two decades ago, Sarah Jane Whitman's father disappeared with an embezzled fortune, subjecting his wife and daughter to a vicious scandal. Now, the grim discovery of Frank Whitman's body proves Sarah's father was innocent . . . and that the real thief got away with murder.

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Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

A number of suspenseful scenes liven up a formulaic story line in the latest romantic intrigue from Sala (Snowfall; White Mountain). The novel opens with the discovery of Frank Whitman's corpse, which has lain in a lake for some 20 years since he allegedly stole a million dollars from the bank he headed. Upon learning that her long-reviled father may have been an innocent victim, Sarah Whitman returns to Maine to ensure his killer is brought to justice and to face down the townspeople who turned against her and her mother so long ago. There she meets and teams up with her childhood crush, Tony DeMarco, who has come to town out of loyalty to Sarah and her father, his onetime mentor. An attempt on Sarah's life fails to dissuade her, but when a key piece of evidence falls into her hands, the attacks intensify. Sala keeps the tension high and the pace hopping. Although the dialogue is sometimes flat-footed ("He's running scared, Ron. He'll make a mistake, and when he does, we'll get him"), and the characters have an annoying habit of reiterating what has already happened, readers will likely be turning the pages too quickly to notice.
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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Mira (May 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 077832401X
• ISBN-13: 978-0778324010
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 3.9 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #542,401 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Sharon Sala is a long time member of Romance Writers of America writing as Sharon Sala and Dinah McCall. She writes romantic suspense, Young Adult, and Women's Fiction. First published in 1991, she's a seven-time RITA finalist, winner of the Janet Dailey Award, four-time winner of the Career Achievement award from RT Magazine, five time winner of the National Reader's Choice Award and five time winner of the Colorado Romance Writers Award of Excellence as well as the Bookseller Best Award. Her books are New York Times, USA Today, Publisher's Weekly mass market best-sellers. Writing changed her life, her world, and her fate.

Customer Reviews

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I could not put it down!, October 28, 2003

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K. Stuckey "kateling" (Port Huron, MI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dark Water (Mira Romantic Suspense) (Mass Market Paperback)

I found myself quickly pulled into this story by the 'whodunit' aspect, I thought twice I had the killer pegged and was wrong both times! The main characters Sarah Jane and "Silk" are interesting and their chemistry together is wonderful. Also interesting is Lorett, the woman who raised Sarah Jane after both her parents died, she brings a supernatural aspect to the story. The suspense in this story will keep you turning the pages and the ending is a shocker!! Dark Water was my first Sala book, but won't be my last.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Twenty Years in Dark Water Couldn't keep the Truth Buried, March 2, 2010

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Karen Holtz "NJ Book Girl" (Woodside, New Jersey) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dark Water (Mira Romantic Suspense) (Mass Market Paperback)

Twenty years ago Sarah Jane Whitman's father supposedly robbed the bank he managed in Marmet, Maine, making off with a cool million. Her mother couldn't stand the innuendos and committed suicide. Alone in the world, Sarah went to New Orleans and was raised by a woman she called her aunt.

Now, her father's body has been found in a trunk in Flagstaff Lake outside of Marmet. So maybe he didn't steal that money after all.

Jane has grown into an independent woman who owns her own trendy restaurant, called Ma Chère, but she's not going to let her business keep her from going back and clearing her father's name.

Tony DeMarco owns a nightclub in Chicago called by the name he went by in high school back in Marmet, Silk. Franklin Whitman, Sarah's father was the only person who believed in Tony back when he was sixteen years old. He loaned Tony enough money to start a small business. When he hears Franklin's body has been found, he goes back to Maine to help Sarah.

However there is someone who doesn't want the truth to come out and will stop at nothing, not even murder to keep it buried. But when someone tries to kill Sarah, she becomes even more determined to stick it out and find her father's killer, no matter what the danger. Luckily she has Tony by her side and her mystical aunt.

Ms. Sala has written a gripping romantic thriller that had me hooked with the first sentence: "If Avery Wheeler hadn't robbed an armored truck in Farmington, Maine, and taken a woman hostage, the state police would never have given chase when he headed north up Highway 27." With an opener like that, how could you do anything else but read on. And that just what I did.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sharon Sala never disappoints!!, July 20, 2003

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This review is from: Dark Water (Mira Romantic Suspense) (Mass Market Paperback)

This novel has great thrills, creepy twists, and amazing characters. "Dark Water" has characters that are in-touch with the world today. Sarah Whitman's father allegedly stole [money amount]from the bank where he worked twenty years ago, took off, and was never heard from again. Believing he went off in luxury with his money, Sarah's mother killed herself. All of this happened to Sarah at age ten, and she was sent to live in New Orleans with her mother's good friend Lorett Bordeaux. Twenty years later in Flagstaff Lake in Marmet, Maine, a skeleton in a trunk at the bottom of the lake has been recovered, soon identified as the body of Frank Whitman, Sarah's dad. Now all these years he's been dead, and when Sarah comes back to reclaim her father's remains, she realizes that he was murdered, and she will not leave Marmet until she finds justice and clears her father's name. Tony "Silk" DeMarco felt guilty because he wasn't by her side when her mother died, and now he wants to make it up to Sarah. He leaves Chicago and offers Sarah a place to stay while she is in Marmet. While someone is trying to kill Sarah so as not to reveal what happened twenty years before, Tony and Sarah are falling in love. Now, he is her protector, and Lorett has a "psychic power" and knows all before they happen. With a wonderful plot and a heart-stopping ending, this novel is sure to please anyone who likes the romantic thrilling genre.