COMING APRIL 2024

COMING APRIL 2024

PERILOUS WATERS

From the new Jessie Madison thriller series

Jessie Madison escaped to the Bahamas when she made a terrifying discovery at home and a bad decision got her dismissed from FBI dive training. Now, Jessie is ready to return home to restart her career - and stop living in fear - but her last weekend in paradise turns to disaster when she and a friend are attacked on a boat and thrown overboard, with devastating consequences.

Jessie's determined to bring their attackers to justice. Who are they? What were they looking for on the boat? And can she trust Nick, the handsome but enigmatic stranger who claims he wants to help her? Jessie must draw on all her underwater and investigative skills if she is to stay alive long enough to get answers - and hope her past doesn't catch up with her first . . .


EARLY REVIEWS

“Terry Shames has raised the bar in her already stellar career. Perilous Waters is a careening powerboat of a thrill ride! Jessie Madison is adventurous, capable and a bit reckless. A compelling heroine you can’t help but root for.”

Matt Coyle, bestselling author of the Rick Cahill crime series

“The Bahama’s crystal blue waters, pink sandy beaches, add a dazzling female protagonist, Jessie Madison, and it seems like paradise…until she gets caught up in murder, mayhem and retribution. Terry Shames is on top of her game. Her new thriller, Perilous Waters, is razor-sharp, propulsive, and filled with her thumping action that will keep you reading until the explosive, surprise ending. A must read.”

John Lansing, author of 25 To Life

“A page-turning thriller with hints of romance and future adventures”

Kirkus Reviews

“Sun, sand, sex, and murder make Shames' series starter the perfect escapist caper . . . The action is fast and furious in this entertaining, keep-‘em-guessing read featuring a feisty, likable heroine."

Booklist

ABOUT TERRY

Terry Shames is a California-based author of the popular, award-winning Samuel Craddock series set in small town Texas. MysteryPeople has twice named Shames one of the top 5 Texas mystery authors

Library Journal says “The Samuel Craddock series may the best regional crime series around today.”

BOOK & SERIES

BOOK & SERIES

The Samuel Craddock Mysteries

The Jessie Madison Series

Other Writings

  • "Shames' award-winning series will appeal to fans of Steven Havill and the late Bill Crider"

    Library Journal on A Risky Undertaking for Loretta Singletary

  • “A favorite of fans who like their police procedurals with a strong ethical center, Shames provides the back story of a Southern cop caught between his job and his culture.”

    Kirkus Reviews on A Reckoning In The Back Country

  • “Once again Shames's mystery engages the reader with well-developed characters and an ingenious plot.”

    Library Journal on The Necessary Murder of Nonie Blake