According to his online bio, “always looking for a new location or adventure to write about, Steven Becker can usually be found on or near the water.”
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Wood’s Ledge
Published: 2013Meet Mac and Wood in this short prequel to Wood’s Reef and Wood’s Wall While tarpon fishing in the backcountry of the Florida Keys, Mac Travis discovers a plot to drill for oil in the pristine waters. After his life is threatened he teams up with his long time friend…Read More
Categories: Action and Adventure Fiction , Mac Travis Adventures , Steven Becker
Wood’s Reef
Published: 2013It’s easy to become invisible in the Florida Keys. Mac Travis was doing his best to keep a low profile: diving, fishing and enough salvage work to pay his bills. It’s a good life until he discovers something while spearfishing that could change the pristine Keys forever. His drunken crewman…Read More
Categories: Action and Adventure Fiction , Mac Travis Adventures , Steven Becker
Wood’s Wall
Published: 2014It’s easy to become invisible in the Florida Keys. Mac Travis is laying low: Fishing, Diving and doing enough salvage work to pay his bills until three fishermen trolling the Gulf Stream discover a square grouper. Besides the drugs, the package contains a secret that changes their lives and jeopardizes…Read More
Categories: Action and Adventure Fiction , Mac Travis Adventures , Steven Becker
Wood’s Wreck
Published: 2014Mac Travis is forced to save his name and everything he owns, after a down on her luck trust fund heiress, talks his deckhand into using his boat to poach lobster. The plot thickens when Mac and his girlfriend Mel, discover a connection between her non-profit’s money laundering scheme and…Read More
Categories: Action and Adventure Fiction , Mac Travis Adventures , Steven Becker
Wood’s Relic
Published: 2014Mac Travis went to the Florida Keys to disappear, but his new commercial diving job turns out to be more than he planned. An artifact discovered while working on a bridge pier quickly draws the attention of a real estate tycoon, a Jersey mobster and twin Indian Chiefs all trying…Read More
Categories: Action and Adventure Fiction , Steven Becker , The Early Adventures of Mac and Wood
Tuna Tango
Published: 2014Will Service is living the Keys lifestyle until a hurricane swamps his boat and destroys his unfinished house. A family friend offers him an opportunity to get back on his feet, and he takes the challenge of rebuilding an iconic fish house on St. Petersburg Beach, a job unique to…Read More
Categories: Action and Adventure Fiction , Steven Becker , Will Service Eco Thrillers
Bonefish Blues
Published: 2014A twisted mob boss working with a crooked realtor have their sites set on Flamingo Key for their next real estate scam. When a fly fishing guide discovers his favorite spot is in jeopardy and the secret it holds. Together with the son of his nemesis and a reluctant local…Read More
Categories: Action and Adventure Fiction , Steven Becker , Will Service Eco Thrillers
Wood’s Harbor
Published: 2015Washed up on a beach, with a path of destruction in his wake, Mac Travis must put his life back together. With his girlfriend hanging by a thread, he becomes embroiled in a plan to blow-up US and Cuba’s fledgling relationship. Along with his wayward mate, the colorful Trufante, they…Read More
Categories: Action and Adventure Fiction , Mac Travis Adventures , Steven Becker
The Wreck of the Ten Sail
Published: 2015Blown off course by a storm, Nick and the handful of men remaining from Gasparilla’s crew find themselves and their fortune in dire straights in the Cayman Islands. Double crossed by the island’s governor, Nick must find a way to keep the crew together, rescue Rory and recover the confiscated…Read More
Categories: Historical Fiction , Steven Becker , Tides of Fortune
Pirate
Published: 2015After decades at seas, pirate legend Jose’ Gasparilla is prepared to retire. As he and his crew split their treasure, the promise of one final prize lures the ship back into action. Little do they know that the purported riches are nothing but a trap set by the fledgling U.S.…Read More
Categories: Historical Fiction , Steven Becker , Tides of Fortune
Dorado Duet
Published: 2016It’s a last chance for Will. Bringing boats back from Mexico and Central America seems like the ideal gig for a boat bum. But his latest job becomes complicated when he is offered a large bounty — a payoff big enough to set him up in his own business. The…Read More
Categories: Action and Adventure Fiction , Steven Becker , Will Service Eco Thrillers
Haitian Gold
Published: 2016A fortune in gold and the future of a nation are at stake. King Henri is dead leaving Haiti in disorder and his treasury empty. A mysterious crewman is able to interpret a series of cryptic clues leading the crew on a chase through the mountains and fortresses of Haiti.…Read More
Categories: Historical Fiction , Steven Becker , Tides of Fortune
Wood’s Reach
Published: 2016Desperate for money and with Alicia in danger, Mac is forced to deal with a dubious antiquities dealer. The treasure hunt turns deadly as he tries to solve the riddle of the relic he found years ago. Experience the counter-culture and adventure of the Florida Keys in this new adventure…Read More
Categories: Action and Adventure Fiction , Mac Travis Adventures , Steven Becker
Wood’s Revenge
Published: 2017Minding his own business is what Mac Travis does best until a strong storm coupled with a king tide brings dead fish to his doorstep. Mac investigates the cause, discovering a murder and wreck at a testing station in Florida Bay. The trail leads him deep into the Everglades where…Read More
Categories: Action and Adventure Fiction , Mac Travis Adventures , Steven Becker
Wood’s Betrayal
Published: 2017Policy changes can have unintended consequences—and they can be deadly It’s easy to stay invisible in the Florida Keys. and Mac Travis is doing his best when a simple fishing trip to the Marquesa Keys lands him in the middle of a deadly plot. When a ruthless shipping magnate returns…Read More
Categories: Action and Adventure Fiction , Mac Travis Adventures , Steven Becker
Backwater Bay
Published: 2018How much would it take for you to kill someone close?From Bestselling Author Steven Becker comes a new mystery series:When a body is found floating in the mangroves of Biscayne National Park, Special Agent Kurt Hunter has his first real case. He’s not looking for the spotlight or notoriety—he’s had…Read More
Categories: Detective and Mystery Fiction , Kurt Hunter Mysteries , Steven Becker
Wood’s Tempest
Published: 2018Mac Travis thought it was easy to disappear in the Florida Keys. Living on an island; fishing, diving, and some salvage work kept him busy—until his past catches up to him. When a famous treasure hunter is murdered, Mac is handed his research of a hundred lost wrecks, but to…Read More
Categories: Action and Adventure Fiction , Mac Travis Adventures , Steven Becker
Backwater Tide
Published: 2018There is one word that brings out the worst in people: TREASURE. When special agent Kurt Hunter finds a boat adrift in the Biscayne National Park with the dead body of a famous treasure hunter aboard, the race is on to find his killer. Alliances shift and the bodies start…Read More
Categories: Detective and Mystery Fiction , Kurt Hunter Mysteries , Steven Becker
Backwater Pass
Published: 2018How many lives is a cover-up worth? When a bridge collapses and kills six people, National Park Service Special Agent Kurt Hunter is drawn into a tangled web of political machinations. With the bridge debris scheduled to be turned into an artificial reef in the park, Kurt and Justine are…Read More
Categories: Detective and Mystery Fiction , Kurt Hunter Mysteries , Steven Becker
Backwater Key
Published: 2018Would you commit a murder if no one was watching? Congress can’t pass a budget and Biscayne National Park is paying the price. With Special Agent Kurt Hunter out of work, two rivals gangs start a turf war in the park. But when a body is found hanging from the…Read More
Categories: Detective and Mystery Fiction , Kurt Hunter Mysteries , Steven Becker
Backwater Cove
Published: 2018Would you commit murder to sign a top high school recruit? When National Parks Service special agent Kurt Hunter finds a woman washed up on his remote island in Biscayne National Park the case leads him to the world of high rolling boosters and the young players who will do…Read More
Categories: Detective and Mystery Fiction , Kurt Hunter Mysteries , Steven Becker
Backwater Channel
Published: 2018You’d think a nuclear power plant was dangerous enough … That’s what special agent Kurt Hunter thought until, while out fishing, he witnesses a murder at the Turkey Point nuclear power plant. After being assigned the case, Kurt is pulled into the convoluted politics of Miami only to find out…Read More
Categories: Detective and Mystery Fiction , Kurt Hunter Mysteries , Steven Becker
Backwater Flats
Published: 2019If you can’t trust the law, who can you trust?When an officer’s murder in Biscayne National Park threatens to expose a corrupt agency, one man is tasked with finding the killer, but he’s running into a wall of organizational conspiracy built to conceal a devious plot.Special Agent Kurt Hunter is…Read More
Categories: Detective and Mystery Fiction , Kurt Hunter Mysteries , Steven Becker
Wood’s Fury
Published: 2019Sometimes when you try and do the right thing—it turns into disasterLiving on an island, miles from the mainland, Mac Travis thought he could disappear. It was a simple life with no worries and fewer bills. Mac was content working his trap lines, fishing the seasons, and diving. That all…Read More
Categories: Action and Adventure Fiction , Mac Travis Adventures , Steven Becker
Shifting Sands
Published: 2019Things are never easy when you’re labeled a pirate in the Caribbean.On the run from his past, Nick and the crew of The Panther have enough treasure aboard to live like kings, but nowhere to spend it. Not all the crew agrees on his plan, and after a near mutiny,…Read More
Categories: Historical Fiction , Steven Becker , Tides of Fortune
Uncharted Waters
Published: 2019It’s hard to escape your past when you’re labeled a pirate in the CaribbeanOn the run, Nick and the gang take off for parts unknown in an attempt reach the Pacific and what he hopes to be a new life. But things are never easy and when the crew is…Read More
Categories: Historical Fiction , Steven Becker , Tides of Fortune
Backwater Grave
Published: 2020A killer is on the loose in South Florida’s national parks . . . And the trail of bodies leads to Special Agent Kurt Hunter.When a string of not-so-accidental drownings in the parks attracts the attention of the FBI, Kurt is drawn into a quagmire of bureaucrats and politicians, each…Read More
Categories: Detective and Mystery Fiction , Kurt Hunter Mysteries , Steven Becker
Wood’s Destiny
Published: 2020One that threatens the foundations of the United States Constitution. One man is ready to change history.Living on a small island in the Florida Keys is a dream for many. For salvor, diver, and fisherman Mac Travis, though, it’s a way to become invisible. But trouble has a way of…Read More
Categories: Action and Adventure Fiction , Mac Travis Adventures , Steven Becker
Gold Fever
Published: 2020Where can you run when you need to escape your past? The Caribbean isn’t a place where Nick and the crew of the Panther can sail freely any longer, so they set off on their biggest adventure yet: Around Cape Horn to join the San Francisco Gold Rush. The opportunities…Read More
Categories: Historical Fiction , Steven Becker , Tides of Fortune
Wood’s Hope
Published: 2020On New Year’s Day 1959, with Castro on the brink of overthrowing the Batista regime, the soon-to-be-deposed dictator looted the Cuban treasury and loaded it into four B26 Marauder bombers headed for Tampa. Only three planes landed. The fourth has never been found, and was rumored to contain three billion…Read More
Categories: Action and Adventure Fiction , Mac Travis Adventures , Steven Becker
Backwater Diva
Published: 2021A pop icon is found dead aboard a lavish yacht that happens to be anchored in Biscayne National Park.Murder knows no boundaries, and with the yacht in his jurisdiction, Special Agent Kurt Hunter becomes entangled in a world he knows nothing about. While Kurt is no stranger to high-profile cases,…Read More
Categories: Detective and Mystery Fiction , Kurt Hunter Mysteries , Steven Becker