A review by henrymarlene
The Deep by Kyle Perry

4.0

Modern day pirates along the Tasmanian Coast. If that isn’t a hook to read the latest book from Kyle Perry, where the secrets of a family fishing/drug business (no pun intended) come out into the open, I don’t know what is. The Black Winds are a formidable force, literally and figuratively. They have claimed life, and they also have breathed new life into lost souls who are left picking up the pieces from those who have been lost or missing. A lot has been brewing in Devil’s Kitchen, including the entrance of Forest Dempsey. We meet Mackenzie and Ahab, who both want answers about Forest and his return. We also meet the Dempsey matriarch, Ivy, and we deal with the rumours about Blackbeard, the new drug lord re-emerging in Shacktown. We are reunited with ghosts of the past in more than one form, and we delve deep into the memories of a family that is still reeling from what has happened in the past, and what is about to potentially spill over. So much to uncover, a slow reveal. The blackness of the ocean and the claustrophobic atmosphere of the caves is so overwhelming and sensual. The visual images brought to life of Mackenzie diving deep below the ocean tormented by the Black Winds feel surreal … “breathe in, breathe out” … and you are breathing with him in the deeper calmer currents where all seems at peace, but where nothing is really as it seems to be, knowing the whirlpools are out to suck anyone into their void.

Grab this and read it before the year is out. Such an amazing and talented Australian writer.

Black wind at morning, sailors take warning. Black wind at night, death is in sight.”