In Deep

Fin Fleming Scuba Diving Mystery Series, Book 1

By: Sharon Ward

Narrated by: Sarah Beth Goer

Fin Fleming is always in control when she's scuba diving in her home base of the Cayman Islands. But when she’s on land, not so much.

She has problems in every part of her life, from her scheming past lover to her new stepsiblings and her career as chief underwater photographer at an oceanographic institute. She's got very few friends and no love life to speak of. But her troubles really escalate the day of the first accident….

The crimes intensify, culminating in a dark and unexpected death while diving. It looks like an accident, but Fin quickly realizes it was a near-perfect murder. She must bring the ruthless killer to justice before she’s the next one to end up dead.

Filled with mystery, romance, family, and lots of scuba diving, this unputdownable first entry in the series will leave you wanting more.

©2021 Sharon Ward (P)2023 Sharon Ward

Critic reviews

"...a stellar, pulse-pounding debut novel featuring a female underwater photographer. A heady mix of underwater adventure, mystery, and romance." (Hallie Ephron, New York Times best-selling author)

"...In Deep delivers on twists and turns while introducing a phenomenal new protagonist in underwater photographer Fin Fleming, tough, perceptive and fearless." (Edwin Hill, author of The Secrets We Share)

Fun Story for a Scuba Guy

First I’ve read a Fin Fleming story. It was great. Been to Cayman many times diving. Fun to hear an Island story. Great read.

A Heartwarming Thriller!

I got so invested in the characters right away in this story! The author paints such a great picture of what the world in this story looks like and you really do feel like you know these people and are there watching it all happen! The characters are relatable and realistic. With ongoing suspicious activity you know you’re in for a twist but at a certain point in the story, even if you have everything figured out in your own mind, you get side-swiped over and over with twists and turns and before you know it you’re on the edge of your seat!!

This was a great listen and I cannot wait to start the next up in the series 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Cliche

The repeated conversations about absent fathers is repetitive and cliche.
The first time Fin and Lily dive together, the tank swap was obvious, and it took Fin way too long to notice.

Great scuba details, stupid plot

At first, the storyline, location, characters were interesting, and the diving details were well done, but the plot had so many times that were beyond frustrating and unbelievable. No one is that stupid. So many times , the main character ,who is well educated, acts so illogically. And her lack of communication with her mother, who is also her boss, is also unbelievable and illogical.

Interesting story but a bit juvenile

The performance was good but the story itself seemed a bit too juvenile for my liking

Good diving; characters dumb as rocks

The diving parts of this story are very good and entertaining, but I was constantly frustrated by the actions of all the characters, particularly the protagonist, being not at all thought out. In particular, it becomes obvious early on they’re under attack from someone, but do they ever think to tell anyone on the outside who could help, like the police? No. A very frustrating read.