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"Exciting romantic suspense"
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted October 10, 2002

Over two decades ago in Marmet, Maine, local bank vice president Frank Whitman vanished along with one million dollars. The townsfolk ostracized Frank's wife and daughter Sarah. Unable to cope, Frank's spouse committed suicide and most of the locals sighed with relief when a family friend took Sarah Read more...

"This book pulsates with fluid suspense"
Reviewed by Desmond CHan
Posted December 29, 2002

In the acknowlegement romantic suspense author Sharon Sala dedicates her latest intrigue DARK WATER to the survivors of stigma like her - who overcame the guilt of having an alcoholic father. Dark Water is at once a gripping thriller of restaurant operator Sarah Whitman returning to Marmet, Maine to seek Read more...

"This one kept me guessing until the end"
Reviewed by Emily Anne
Courtesy Sensual Romance
Posted September 1, 2003

Sarah and her mother had suffered at the hands of the people in Marmet, Maine. Sarah's father was once a respected banker but one day their world came crashing down around them. Her father was accused of stealing from the bank he worked for and disappeared, never to be heard Read more...

Summary

The water is dark and cold . . . Two decades ago, Sarah Jane Whitman's father disappeared with an embezzled fortune from his local bank, an act of betrayal that subjected his wife and daughter to a vicious scandal. Now a body has been pulled from its watery tomb, a body that is identified as Frank Whitman's. This grim discovery proves Sarah's father was innocent . . . and that they real thief got away with murder. Now Sarah's obsession with uncovering the truth is making some people in Marmet, Maine, very nervous. Suddenly the prosperous citizens of this community are under intense scrutiny -- including Tony DeMarco, who grew up with Sarah. But is the concern Tony shows for Sarah's safety genuine or is he hiding something dangerous? And can she trust him with her future as a desperate killer tries to shut the door forever on the past . . .?