Circle of Bones

[b:Circle of Bones 16244755 Circle of Bones Christine Kling https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1356122272s/16244755.jpg 18472548], true to its cover blurb, is “a Caribbean thriller”. And, a tense thriller it is indeed.The story starts with Maggie Riley, a former US Marine no less, rescuing nude, handsome Cole Thatcher from the sea off the coast of Guadeloupe. At first she dismisses him as some kind of kook because he claims that killers are after him and spouts conspiracy theories. However, she reevaluates a bit when she finds out that he is a Marine Archeologist with a PhD and owns a very practical salvage boat. He claims to be trying to locate the sunken French submarine Surcouf and asks Riley to help him. Riley is reluctant at first but agrees when events show that Cole is indeed being purused and that one of those pursuers is someone from a dark incident in her own past.The story is told in two timelines. The main line is in 2008 and involves Riley and Thatcher trying to solve a mystery and stay alive in the process (no easy matter). The other and shorter timeline tells the story of the Surcouf's fate in 1942. This is a good structure for the story as it gives the writer ([a:Christine Kling 470084 Christine Kling https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/authors/1195922526p2/470084.jpg]) a way to fill in a lot necessary back-story in a non-awkward way.To avoid spoilers, I won't give any details. However, if you like stories that are intricate, are very tense, have age-old conspiracies, have a good romance line, and sport antagonists that are both very capable and very evil, this one might be for you.