Barry Targan

A dangerous criminal, with a face like porcelain, has invaded Katherine Dennison's perfect floating world and is now telling her that she doesn't seem to know how things go. "'Is that right?' she said. She felt angry... Katherine, the fascinating 50ish chief character in Barry Targan's marvelous debut thriller, has been right most of her life. Raised on the sea by her sailor father, she became a combat photographer in Vietnam and a famous illustrator of children's books before doubts and tragedy made her retreat to her beautiful sailboat, the Marindor, to restore rightness and balance to her life.