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Barbara Nickless, "The Drowning Game" (Thomas and Mercer, 2025)
Today I talked to Barbara Nickless about The Drowning Game (Thomas and Mercer, 2025).Two sisters are heirs to a company that builds yachts for the super wealthy, and both are excited about a commission that will introduce them to the huge Asian market. Shortly after arriving in Singapore, Nadia learns that her sister, Cass has plummeted from a 40th floor balcony. Numb with grief, Nadia takes over Cass’s job of finishing a yacht for a high-level Chinese scientist whose work is important to the repressive Chinese government. In gripping prose, Nickless delves into yacht design, espionage, the…
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