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The Boat by Markson, Jim is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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On paper, Detective Mike Kelly is as solid as a rock. Smart and aggressive, well-schooled in the art of “putting up and shutting up”, he has put in his time, proved his salt, and climbed the ladder of law enforcement until he finally earned the tough brass badge of an FBI Special Agent.In real life however, he is a ball bearing one turn away from fission. Worn raw by bureaucracy and bullshit politics, he has returned to his roots as a local cop in Tampa. Drowning in a sea of mediocrity, he is flailing for something to give his life meaning. Distraught over the death of loved one, he is too often finding comfort in the bottom of a bottle and battling demons that come in the dark of the night.As if getting by weren’t challenge enough, Mike has registered for the “Eco-Loco” small-boat endurance race from Tampa to the Florida Keys. Joined by his brother, a war hero recently returned from Afghanistan, they are capsized in Tampa bay on the very first night by a careless yachtsman. Even greater threats lay in their future, from dehydration and tropical storms, to the bull sharks, crocodiles, and pythons of the Thousand Islands of Florida’s southwest coast.Still, in between the sarcasm and

Who reads The Boat?

Author

Markson, Jim

Published

2015

Language

EN

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction

Rating

3.49 / 5 (173 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13