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Dead Calm is a 1963 novel by Charles F. Williams. It was the basis for the unfinished Orson Welles film The Deep, was adapted by Phillip Noyce as the film Dead Calm (1989), and is the sequel to Williams' lesser-known romantic thriller Aground (1960).
Sep 18, 2012 · Kindle Edition. Two honeymooners take a stranger onto their yacht—with terrifying consequences—in this “superb” psychological thriller (The New York Times). Rae and Ingram are nineteen days out of the Panama Canal, sailing slowly across the wide, flat Pacific on the Saracen, when they find Hughie Warriner in his dinghy.
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Dead Calm. Charles Williams. 3.76. 463 ratings65 reviews. While sailing on the Pacific Ocean, a couple on their honeymoon rescues a man from a sinking ship and begins to suspect that he is a murderer. Genres MysteryCrimeFictionThrillerMystery ThrillerNoir Suspense. ...more. 188 pages, Paperback. First published January 1, 1963.
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He is regarded by some critics as one of the finest suspense novelists of the 1950s and 1960s. His 1951 debut, the paperback novel Hill Girl, sold more than a million copies. A dozen of his books have been adapted for movies, most popularly Dead Calm and The Hot Spot.
Nov 25, 2014 · Dead Calm Paperback – November 25, 2014. by Charles Williams (Author) 4.2 141 ratings. Part of: Perennial Library (29 books) See all formats and editions.
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The most famous novel by the legendary pulp fiction maestro Charles Williams (1909-75), a horrific suspense thriller par excellence. Few authors could match Williams when he was at his most inspired, and DEAD CALM was such an occasion.
Sep 18, 2012 · Overview. Two honeymooners take a stranger onto their yacht—with terrifying consequences—in this “superb” psychological thriller (The New York Times). Rae and Ingram are nineteen days out of the Panama Canal, sailing slowly across the wide, flat Pacific on the Saracen, when they find Hughie Warriner in his dinghy.
