Review: rivers, rings, and serious payback!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 5, 2012
I thoroughly enjoyed this book, because the good "guys" were so very likeable ...people you'd like to meet on vacation, and hang out with.  With one exception, they don't look for trouble ...but they sail right into it, in a serious way.  I won't repeat the book description ...but this plot is mostly straightforward, sometimes fun, sometimes tragic, but always engaging.  The  writing style is easily readable, and the plot flows inexorably, just like the mighty Mississippi.  Having the action take place in Hannibal MO. is interesting, too ...there is lots of good local color, though it never interferes with the mystery.  When things really get going, they move with the swiftness and brutality of a storm on the water.  The Captain and the Admiral make a great team ...and I was glad to see a broad hint that there might be more adventures.  As to that ring ...I didn't see that particular explanation coming, but when it did, I liked the idea.  A nice read for a cold, rainy day!