#Yacht building

[cathygeha]

REVIEW

The Drowning Game by Barbara Nickless

Taking a chance on a new book is much easier when every book previously read by the author has been excellent. I met this author on her second book, was hooked, and have been on the line ever since. This is either a standalone novel or perhaps (fingers crossed) the beginning of a new series.

What I liked:

* The Legend of the Merlion and how it tied into the story

* The perfect title for the book and the story behind it

* The epigraphs that introduced each section

* That Cassandra Brenner’s introduction in August grabbed me and made me want to keep reading

* Nadia Brenner: yacht designer, wealthy, close to her sister Cassandra, daughter of generational megayacht family empire, loves her family, believes in the work she does, in a relationship with Matthew, learns and grows a lot, has inner strengths she finds in this story

* Cassandra: strong, enjoys excitement, loves Shanghai, puts family first, protective, caring, not seen much but pivotal piece in this book

* The yin/yang of the sisters personalities

* Learning more about yachts and yacht building

* The plot, pacing, setting, and writing

* The subplots that bring in more than one family name and the issues and the family histories that impact the present in a variety of ways

* The new tidbits learned about Asia, Asian philosophies, games I’d never heard of

* The tension and reason for it

* The twists, turns, secrets exposed, and how it all came together in the end

* The ending…but also wondering if perhaps it is just the beginning of a new series…would love to get to know the main characters better?

What I didn’t like:

* Who and what I was meant not to like

* Thinking about Karma and wondering about how it might have played a part in some of the characters’ lives

* The loss of some of the lives of some of the characters

Did I like this book? Yes

Would I read more by this author? Yes

Thank you to NetGalley and Thomas & Mercer for the ARC – This is my honest review.

4-5 Stars

BLURB

A woman’s investigation into her sister’s death exposes the dark side of a secret life in a gripping novel of power, money, and murder by a Wall Street Journal bestselling author. Sisters Nadia and Cass Brenner are heirs to Ocean House, a decades-old empire that builds superyachts for the rich and emirs, oligarchs, and titans of industry throughout America and Europe. They’re a next-generation success with the design of their soon-to-be-commissioned megayacht for a Chinese billionaire. But the sisters’ entrée into the coveted Asian market is tragically cut short when Cass falls from a fortieth-floor hotel window. A Singapore detective rules suicide. Nadia’s been in the yacht business too long not to be suspicious. Especially when she discovers Cass’s involvement in dangerously illicit activities. Pulled into the same web of betrayal, lies, and secrets that trapped her sister, Nadia is on the most perilous mission of her life. Because uncovering the truth behind her sister’s death could tear the Brenner family apart—and it just might get her killed. From Seattle to Austria to the South China Sea, Nadia must hold on to the one thing that can keep her safe. It’s the Brenner family Trust no one.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Barbara Nickless is the Wall Street Journal and Amazon Charts bestselling author of Play of Shadows, Dark of Night, and At First Light in the Dr. Evan Wilding series, as well as the Sydney Rose Parnell series, which includes Blood on the Tracks, a Suspense Magazine Best of 2016 selection and winner of the Colorado Book Award and the Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence; Dead Stop, winner of the Colorado Book Award and nominee for the Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence; Ambush; and Gone to Darkness. Her essays and short stories have appeared in Writer’s Digest and on Criminal Element, among other markets. She lives in Colorado, where she loves to cave, snowshoe, hike, and drink single malt Scotch—usually not at the same time. Connect with her at www.barbaranickless.com.

The Drowning Game by Barbara Nickless Thomas & Mercer | January 1, 2025 | 380 pages | Trade Paperback Original | ISBN 9781662510014 $4.99 Kindle e-Book | ASIN B0D183RYWK $19.99 Digital Audio | ISBN 1511344261

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[lutnistas]

Długi Targ / the Long Market Square ( Gdańsk / Poland )

yacht cruise on the Baltic Sea

[gunsatthaphan]

not Boun, Prem and Santa hopping from WabiSabi to GMMTV in the matter of not even 30 minutes eye---

[sheafer]

𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒃 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒐. . .

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I was very much inspired by the amazing @simkhira and their build of club calico!

[ihadalobotomyhyperfixationonce]

I had a dream where Louie from duck tales was British, then went on a vacation with Ms Beakley because she too, is British, and when they came back everyone at McDuck manor was judging them. THEN, we found out about the kraken in the ocean, and apparently on their vacation Louie and Ms Bleakly had a run in with them, then it became a whole thing about the kraken destroying a large part of the world, for some reason though I wasn’t too worried, because we were out of the range of that part of the world that was being destroyed, everyone else in McDuck manor was reasonably worried though.

I feel it is important to note that we weren’t in McDuck manor, we were at my friend’s house, except my friend wasn’t there.

Anyway, I don’t know what happened to the kraken but I ended up on a yacht thing with all of my primary school class, which was THEN attacked by Godzilla, but Godzilla was like, really chill, and misunderstood and we weren’t really scared and we talked about this mini city display thing in the yacht we were decorating, and we crashed the yacht into a building because we couldn’t park it anywhere so instead someone did that, I remember being like “WHY DID WE PARK IT LIKE THAT?” And then physically moving the yacht with my hands, WHILE I WAS ON THE BOAT (somehow???) and then I saw the damage we caused underneath the boat and put it back until we left. Then we said goodbye to Godzilla. And I don’t know how, but these dreams were connected. It was like AI Minecraft, as soon as I forgot something, they weren’t there.

And I remember waking up and immediately saying: “oh thank god I’m not British” because at some point in the dream I was British

[kennieesims]

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Yacht-cation

I revamped the yacht from @acgamer [video] and design ideas from @SarahAmina [video] .

Had so much fun building this and going all out on a lavish yacht build.

Its absolutely disgusting but I also kinda love it.

The top deck has seating area, a space for yoga, and a telescope.

Captain's cockpit & helm with private bathroom.

Behind the captains area is a trophy room. The patio has the main dining area and stairs that lead up to the roof.

The outer deck has the bar and pool. In the hull is the kitchen with deep freezer and pantry. Then the crew quarters which can sleep 10. The two cabins in the front are the nicest and sleep one each while the rest of the rooms require bunking with one other shipmate. Two spacious bathrooms for the crew.

Hallway down to crew rooms.

The 2nd deck consists of the two main bedrooms with en suite full bathrooms. In the middle is a spa & sauna. The deck features a bar and dance floor.

The ship is beautifully lit at night.

Are you going to build and share your yacht design? Use AC Gamer's lot build as your base like I did and just go from there!

[biggerthaneverr]

Keeping it classy 2013 vibes

[ghostplaysthesims]

The super yacht design with no edits.

[dxbcap]

Team building - Dubai edition 🛥️

[salmon-ryou]

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Bazylika Mariacka / Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary ( Gdańsk / Poland )

yacht cruise on the Baltic Sea

[ghwosty]

the intimate tension between me and the storm surge inundation map