"Bill Eidson, author of The Little Brother, concocts a sizzler of a story set largely upon water and under water... The tale, reminiscent in a way of the nemesis-haunted work of Cornell Woolrich, crackles and splashes its way to a gory and surprising finish." —The Los Angeles Times Book Review

His eyes met mine, and he grinned suddenly, with bloody teeth. I was chilled with my handiwork; all his attention was now focused upon me....

"I'll remember your face, hero," he called, just loud enough for us to hear over the engine noise.

Riley Burke has it all: a successful advertising agency, a beautiful house, a trim sailboat, and a gorgeous wife. But no longer sure of his wife's love, he begins an affair, the first in their ten-year marriage. As Riley and his would-be lover wait on the dock in Newport Harbor for the launch to his boat, a young man nearby is attacked by a brutal thug. When Riley intervenes, he finds himself inextricably drawn into a chain of events that will change his life forever; finds himself, suddenly, in dangerous waters.

Following a chilling, bewildering trail of deception and murder, he confronts the devastation brought about by his own betrayal and forms a terrible plan for justice. If he can just stay one step ahead of the police the killer. If he can stay one step ahead of his friends. But he soon learns the price is high to save the tattered remains of all that he loves - it may even cost him his life.