WATER MEMORY by Daniel Pyne - The Providence Journal 'Thrillers: Spymaster Berry weaves a gripping tale'

The Providence Journal | February 18, 2021

There’s a lot to like in Daniel Pyne’s “Water Memory” (Thomas & Mercer, 386 pages, $24.95), most notably a refreshing, pulse-pounding structure that narrows the landscape even as it expands the playing field.

Think “Die Hard” on a cargo ship as shell-shocked special operator Audrey Sentro finds safe passage that turns out not to be so safe at all when pirates seize the vessel. It’s almost like fighting by choice, instead of out of duty, is precisely the tonic she needs to get her mojo back. Problem is, Sentro is one more concussion away from her brain packing it in, meaning she'd better dispatch the bad guys just as she was trained to do.

“Water Memory” is original, wondrously paced and, well, memorable. At the book’s heart, it’s basically one long action scene in a manner best befitting the great David Morrell and the best book of its kind since Roderick Thorpe’s “Nothing Lasts Forever,” the basis for the aforementioned film “Die Hard.”

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