Scorpion in the Sea — P.T. Deutermann

MENACE
On a calm night off the Florida coast, a fishing boat vanishes without a trace. Something deadly is hiding in U.S. waters, and the Navy brass would rather bury the truth than face it.

MAVERICK
It's Montgomery's war now. Brash and unconventional, Mike I Montgomery is hardly regulation Navy. At his side, Diane Martinson, the Chief of Staff's wife -- smart, tough...and his lover. Under his command, the USS Goldsborough -- a WWII-era destroyer thundering toward a showdown of water and fire.