“Gradually the skeptical Merchant and Ballard come to believe in the existence of a particularly nasty, modern-day pirate. Under Eidson's cool and expert guidance, so will you.” — The Chicago Tribune

Kate’s Mystery Books / Justin, Charles & Co.
Fiction/Mystery 366pp., $24.95 cl., ISBN: 1-932112-32-4

Bill Eidson scored a hit with 2003's THE REPO, the first installment of an acclaimed new series featuring ex-DEA Agent Jack Merchant and boat repossession contractor Sarah Ballard. In THE MAYDAY, Eidson continues their intimate, fractious partnership as they search for a man's children, missing on the high seas. No one believes Matt Coulter's story of his foundered sailboat, a life raft adrift at night, and a rescue turned kidnapping-least of all, the police. Jack and Sarah don't either, at first. But they reluctantly take the case, and the further they follow its twists and turns, the more convinced they become that the missing children are still alive. At least for now.