Dead Weight [NOOK Book]

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A newly divorced scuba diver finds more than she bargained for on diving adventure in the South Seas.
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A newly divorced scuba diver finds more than she bargained for on diving adventure in the South Seas.
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When Tommi finally decides to leave alcoholic husband Doug and make some serious changes in her life, she takes up scuba diving. This becomes an outlet for her frustrations and an opportunity to meet new people. But it also leads to an unexpected opportunity. Scuba instructors Jason and Rick are interested in hunting sunken treasure and persuade their class to join them in an expedition to Fiji. The class finds the wreck—which contains enough treasure to make them all wealthy beyond their wildest dreams. But the treasure leads to greed and eventually death. Sherlock's novel begins as the story of a woman recovering from a divorce, but becomes a well-paced action thriller—and the change is one readers will enjoy. And while the characters could be better developed and the treasure hunt is a bit implausible, Tommi's transformation and adventures are compelling.
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Product Details

  • BN ID: 2940011485800
  • Publisher: Diane Sherlock
  • Publication date: 8/24/2011
  • Sold by: Smashwords
  • Format: eBook
  • Sales rank: 1,163,568
  • File size: 519 KB

Meet the Author

Diane Sherlock is the author of four novels, Dead Weight, Willful Ignorance, Growing Chocolate, the upcoming Wrestling Alligators as well as a book on writing, Write To Be Heard (Lighthouse) which will be published later this year. Her work has appeared in The Rumpus, The Citron Review, scissors and spackle, Mo+th (Bombshelter), Present Tense, and Bird in the Hand: Risk & Flight (Outrider). She co-founded AnnotationNation.com and has a blog on writing. She received her MFA in Creative Writing from Antioch University, Los Angeles in 2009. She was a 2011 nominee for the Pushcart Prize and a finalist for the Artsmith Literary Prize. Her flash fiction piece, The Green Bench, has been used to teach in a workshop at the 2012 Wesleyan Writers Conference.She previously co-owned and managed a production services firm. In addition, she worked as a freelance writer for several production companies and served as producer and production manager for film and TV. Born in La Jolla, California, she currently lives in Los Angeles and is an honorary Masai after a 2011 trip to the Masai Mara.
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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 2, 2002

    great scuba adventure

    I read her other book Willful Ignorance and this one is even better. I loved getting inside the main character's head and going off on a scuba diving adventure and learning along with her. Wonderful book

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