Dead in the Water - Hardcover

"'Julie Smith writes like jazz should sound - cool, complex, and penetrating right to the heart.' Val McDermid 'If you haven't read Smith before, this is the time to start. If you're a fan, you're in for yet another treat.' Marcia Muller 'Smith gives us a multilayered mystery and a...believable heroine.' Booklist"

Lawyer and exotic fish fancier Rebecca Schwartz is looking forward to relaxing in picturesque Monterey with her friend Marty and visiting the world-famous aquarium where Marty works. But the peace is soon shattered...While Rebecca marvels at the amazing kelp tank, the dead body of the aquarium boss wearing Marty's jacket floats into view, the same woman who's been sleeping with Marty's husband. Rebecca takes on her friend's leaky defence, but with Marty as quiet as the deep and the shocking evidence, she has some fishing to do for clues. But the closer she gets to the truth the less innocent Marty looks - until Rebecca suspects there is a psycho on the loose with more than mackerel on the mind!