Dark Currents

A NOVEL OF ARUBA INSPIRED BY ACTUAL EVENTS /// AUGUST 2011. TWO PEOPLE WENT SNORKELING. ONLY ONE CAME BACK. /// On a romantic getaway to Aruba, Kathy Barrow and Glenn Hogan discover things are not what they seem. When one goes missing and the other is arrested on suspicion of murder, a media frenzy erupts as San Nicolaas Police Chief Jules Calenda puts the pieces together. Romy Tromp, an ambitious teenage reporter working in the shadow of his big-network idol, learns that perception is not reality when events lead him into a twisted plot of blind justice and unintended revenge. In this riveting story of betrayal, the truth may be more difficult to find than someone lost at sea.

"Take it from someone who was there, Putkowski takes fact and wonderfully weaves it into a captivating tale of what if. He delivers a tantalizing story with more than a few familiar characters. It kept me turning pages and yearning for a Balashi on the beach."
--CNN ANCHOR/CORRESPONDENT, MARTIN SAVIDGE

"Putkowski fit right into the pack scouring Aruba for clues in the weeks and months following Robyn Gardner's disappearance. He was out there working leads as hard as any of us journos. Dark Currents is a taut page-turner packed with vivid detail from the front lines of Aruba's latest 'Girl gone missing.' A must-read!"
--INDEPENDENT TELEVISION JOURNALIST, DONALD WOOD