Don't Turn Your Back on the Ocean

Don't Turn Your Back on the Ocean by Dawson, Janet. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780449907665.

"Dawson writes believable dialogue, creates quickly realized and appealing characters and has a particularly nice atmospheric touch." --San Francisco Examiner Beautiful Ariel Logan was last seen quarreling with her boyfriend outside a Monterey pub. Now she lies dead on a California beach. An autopsy reveals that Ariels death is no accidental drowning, but a cold-blooded killing. Vacationing private investigator Jeri Howard has more than professional interest in the case: Ariels boyfriend, the prime murder suspect, is Jeris rowdy cousin, Bobby Ravella. Despite Bobbys refusal to defend himself, Jeri believes in his innocence, and instinct tells her the murder is part of a far larger evil. To find the truth, Jeri goes fishing for a big one in deep and treacherous waters and discovers that Ariels short life was not free from dark secrets.... "Mother/daughter feuds, family solidarity, an ecological mystery: Dawson blends these familiar ingredients with a chefs élan." --Kirkus Reviews From the Paperback edition.