Scorpion in the Sea

Peter T. Deutermann. St. Martin's Press, $7.5 (582pp) ISBN 978-0-312-95179-5

This satisfying naval detective story pits a maverick Navy captain against a Libyan sub that is dispatched off the coast of Florida in retaliation for the 1986 bombing of Tripoli. (Feb.)

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