Murder, shipwrecks, running from the law and a beautiful woman. This is the world of Bobby Rafferty. Bobby Rafferty has escaped with his daughter from unjust Canadian custody and fled to a safe haven in Mexico.

Once there, he finds work with unscrupulous marine salvagers and unwittingly becomes an accomplice to the murder of a Lloyds ship inspector. He is left for dead but survives and returns to seek revenge as well as the monies owed to him.

During his pursuit of a psychotic named Howie Morgan he finds himself inadvertently paired with a beautiful woman, Rachel, who has come seeking justice for her brother, the murdered inspector.

In their search for the dangerous and bizarre Howie Morgan Rachel and Bobby team up with a cast of unsavory and fascinating characters.

This fast-paced thriller culminating in the sultry sunbaked Texan coast is a remarkable debut novel by Mark Irwin.

Mark Irwin has ben writing for 20 years while employed full time as tenured faculty at a college in Ontario, Canada.

He has two adult children living independently, and successful in their own right.

He presently lives with his wife and cat, 'Lily' in a small town in Ontario, Canada.