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Bait

J. Kent Messum

2013281 pagesabout 4–6 hours
2013
first published
  • 2013Plume · 281 pages · ENGISBN 9780142180259
  • 2013Penguin Books, Limited · 288 pages · ENGISBN 9781405914246
  • 2013Penguin Books, Limited · 400 pages · ENGISBN 9781405914253

"Six strangers wake up on a remote island in the Florida Keys with no memory of their arrival. They soon discover their common bond: all of them are heroin addicts. As the first excruciating pangs of withdrawal make themselves felt, the six notice a yacht anchored across open water. On it lurk four shadowy figures, protected by the hungry sharks that patrol the waves. So begins a dangerous game. The six must undertake the impossible--swim to the next island where a cache of heroin awaits, or die trying. When alliances form, betrayal is inevitable. As the fight to survive intensifies, the stakes reach terrifying heights--and their captors' motives finally begin to emerge"--

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