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Book Review of Riptide

Riptide
Riptide
Author: Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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Three hundred years ago a pirate buried his bounty on a treacherous island off the coast of Maine. Now a high-tech treasure hunter is bringing his million-dollar recovery team to Ragged Island.

They have the best hardware, the best divers, and the perfectly planned operation. There's only one problem: this island kills.

First the computers fail. Then one man dies - and then another. Now the wind has begun to howl and the mysteries of Ragged Island are cracking open. Inside a rocky fortress of tunnels, traps, and tides a priceless treasure lies waitng...and so does an unimaginable evil...