"Interns (Civil service)" . . . . . "Psychological fiction" . . . . . . "This first book in a new series is set in and around the Portland, Maine, waterfront. It introduces Brandon Blake, a loner who lives on his old wooden cruiser. Raised by his alcoholic grandmother after his mother was lost at sea, Blake learned to depend on himself. During an assignment for a law-enforcement class, Blake gets involved in a fight and is marked for payback by a soon-to-be-released convict. Meanwhile, questions surface about his mother's disappearance."@en . . . "Port City shakedown"@en . "Port City shakedown" . . . "Mystery" . "\"The first in a new series set in and around the dark waterfront of Portland, Maine, featuring Brandon Blake a lean loner who lives on an old wooden cabin cruiser\"--Jacket." . "Port City Shakedown a Brandon Blake Crime Novel"@en . . . . . . "Mystery fiction"@en . . . . "\"The first novel in veteran crime writer Gerry Boyle's series about young Brandon Blake, a loner who lives on an old cabin cruiser in Portland Harbor. Blake learned early to depend on no one, but in an incident on a ride-along with the Portland Police Department, Blake is marked for payback by a violent ex-con. Meanwhile, questions begin to arise about his mother, who disappeared when he was three years old. This is a tale of opportunistic predators on a collision course; it is about the ocean, the fortunes it can deliver--and the lives it can swallow whole.\"--Back cover."@en . . . "Electronic books"@en . . "Fiction"@en . "Fiction" . "Police Maine Fiction." . . "Portland (Or.)" . . "Police Maine." . . "Portland (Me.)" . . "FICTION General." . . . . "Psychological fiction." . . "Portland (Me.)" . . "Police Oregon." . . "Civil service Study and teaching (Internship) Fiction." . .