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Mayhew has been consistently impressive since his debut a few years ago, [[Mortlock by Jon Mayhew|debut]]a few years ago, and it's good to see that his first book outside of the loosely-linked Mortlock trilogy is still of the high quality we've come to expect from him. The book moves at a rattling pace - Mayhew appears to have adapted Raymond Chandler's advice of ''When in doubt, have a man come through a door with a gun in his hand'' to something along the lines of ''When in doubt, bring out another sea monster!''. It's tense, exciting, and really does draw you in. Oh, and the aforementioned monsters are enough to give those of us with a vivid imagination nightmares! I particularly enjoyed the ending to this one, which paved the way for future books in this series but which also gave us a very satisfying resolution to this story - something I don't think these series books always completely succeed at.

As mentioned, [[Mortlock by Jon Mayhew|Mortlock]] and the other two books in that trilogy are both well worth reading! For more action inspired by classic novels, I really like [[Leopard Adventure by Anthony McGowan]], the first in McGowan's series of sequels to Willard Price's novels about Hal and Roger Hunt.