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Salt River  Cover Image Book Book

Salt River / Randy Wayne White.

White, Randy Wayne, (author.).

Summary:

"The sins of the past come back to haunt Doc Ford and his old friend Tomlinson"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780735212725
  • Physical Description: xv, 350 pages : map ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, [2020]
Subject: Ford, Doc (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Marine biologists > Fiction.
Sperm donors > Family relationships > Fiction.
Children of sperm donors > Fiction.
Genealogy > Computer network resources > Fiction.
Florida > Fiction.
Genre: Suspense fiction.
Mystery fiction.

Available copies

  • 14 of 14 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Terrace Public Library. (Show)

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  • 0 current holds with 14 total copies.
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Terrace Public Library WHI (Text) 35151001100890 Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -
100 Mile House Branch WHI (Text) 33923006194868 Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -
Beaver Valley Public Library F WHI (Text) 35144000214150 Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -
Castlegar Public Library MYS WHI (Text) 35146002177343 Mystery Volume hold Available -
Elkford Public Library FC WHI (Text) 35170000441576 Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -
Granisle Public Library AHC WHI (Text) 35190000222990 Adult Hardcover Fiction Volume hold Available -
Invermere Public Library FIC WHI (Text) IPL057167 Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -
Nelson Public Library F WHI (Text) 3514830032704 Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -
Quesnel Branch WHI (Text) 33923006194876 Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -
Sechelt Public Library F WHIT (Text) 33260100053041 Fiction Volume hold Available -

  • Booklist Reviews : Booklist Reviews 2020 January #1
    *Starred Review* Remember all that Spanish gold that Doc Ford, marine biologist and black-ops specialist, and his pal Tomlinson, world-class hedonist and internationally revered guru and hippie philosopher, were hunting in Caribbean Rim (2018)? Well, Doc's got it, or at least some of it, but gold brings trouble, as becomes all too clear when a bent IRS investigator, in league with an equally bent Bahamian customs official, comes calling. But that's not even the biggest problem on the agenda: years ago, we learn, Tomlinson supported himself largely through donations to a for-profit sperm bank; now, with the help of DNA testing and genealogy websites, numerous of his grown offspring have also come calling, some to sit at the knees of a famous guru, others with a multitude of grievances, including a crazed terrorist who has been targeting infertility clinics. While trying to fend off the customs agent and help Tomlinson deal with possible trouble at a proposed reunion of his brood, Doc struggles with his relationship with Hannah, the mother of his young son. As always, the fruit of White's research—this time, on deep-sea treasure hunting, red tides, and the technique of confused insemination—will hold readers rapt on its own, supported, of course, by Doc's good heart and Tomlinson's mercurial personality.HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: The twenty-sixth Doc Ford novel is a sure bet to join numerous of its predecessors on best-seller lists everywhere. Copyright 2020 Booklist Reviews.
  • Kirkus Reviews : Kirkus Reviews 2020 January #2
    Two distinct sets of chickens come home to roost for Sanibel Island marine biologist Dr. Marion Ford and his improbably wealthy beach-bum pal Tomlinson (Caribbean Rim, 2018, etc.). Delia Carapoulos is a beautiful young woman, a recent graduate of Eckerd College, a starry-eyed fan of Tomlinson's, and also, according to her, his biological daughter, a revelation that shocks him out of his desultory amatory fantasies about the nubile visitor. In fact, she's only the advance guard of a tidal wave of offspring made possible by Tomlinson's endless sperm donations a generation ago. Now the anything-but-proud papa's data has been released to several of the children looking to track him down, not all of them happy about the news of their paternity. One reputed son, Jayden F. Griffin, makes such an impression on his arrival at Sanibel that he's hauled off by the feds and charged with terrorism and murder. By the time Tomlinson finally appeals to Doc Ford for help, his buddy is awash in an equally unwelcome reprise of his own past: the appearance of several variously threatening characters convinced that he can lead them to late, legendary treasure hunter Jimmy Jo nes' lost millions. All right, Leo Alomar, the first of these latest intruders into Doc's life, isn't really a special investigator with the IRS's Whistleblower Program. But Rayvon Darwin, the lover of Alomar's estranged wife, Nanette, really is a lieutenant with the Nassau customs agency, and Doc's only hope of thwarting his search for Lydia Johnson, the treasure hunter's widow Doc helped to disappear, may be to assume the role of Morris Berg, the informant Ray wants to engage to get information that will sink Doc—unless of course he discovers that Morris and Doc are one and the same. The plot, like so many of Doc's recent adventures, tends to wind down rather than up, but a good time is had by all. Copyright Kirkus 2020 Kirkus/BPI Communications. All rights reserved.
  • Publishers Weekly Reviews : PW Reviews 2019 December #4

    In bestseller White's subpar 26th Doc Ford novel (after 2018's Caribbean Rim), Leo Alomar, a shady IRS agent, accuses Doc, a Florida marine biologist, of living above his means. Alomar has figured out that Doc has been selling gold that he retrieved from the waters off the Bahamas, old Spanish coins melted down into mooring anchors. The IRS agent promises to make any tax problems from the unreported income go away if Doc will reveal where more such treasure might lie. Meanwhile, Doc's eccentric friend, Tomlinson, a small-time ganja merchant and Zen Buddhist, finds his past has returned to haunt him as well. Years earlier, Tomlinson was a sperm donor, and some of his adult biological children are trying to arrange a reunion, an effort that places lives in danger. Neither Doc nor Tomlinson particularly endears himself to the reader, and some of the plot elements may be too over the top even for series fans. Hopefully, White will return to form next time. Author tour. Agent, Esther Newberg, ICM. (Feb.)

    Copyright 2019 Publishers Weekly.

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