The Crushing Depths, Paperback

When an accident claims the life of an oil-rig worker on the first drilling platform off the North Carolina coast, Coast Guard investigators Rissi Dawson and Mason Rogers are sent to take the case. Tensions surrounding the oil rig are high and the death has everyone on edge. Environmental activists are threatening to do whatever it takes to stop the structure from being completed, while rumors are being whispered about ancient curses surrounding this part of the ocean.

Mounting evidence shows the death may not have been an accident at all. Was he killed by one of the activists or, perhaps more frighteningly, a member of his own crew? Rissi and Mason have to sort through not only a plethora of suspects, but also their own past and attraction to each other.

Just as the case seems like it'll break open, worse news arrives. A tropical storm has turned their way and soon they're cut off from any rescue--and right where the killer
wants them. It's a race to discover his identity before he eliminates the threat they pose.

Dani Pettrey is the bestselling author of the Chesapeake Valor series and the Alaskan Courage series and winner of the 2016 National Readers' Choice Award for Inspirational Novel, the 2014 Daphne du Maurier Award for Inspirational Novel, and the 2014 Christian Retailing's Best Award for Suspense. She and her husband reside in the Washington, DC, metro area. She can be found online at www.danipettrey.com.