BOCA NEWS

Lynn Woo's laid-back existence in southwest Florida's Boca Grande is shattered as she finds her friend, newspaper publisher Lester Hood, looking at the wrong end of long knife. It's wielded by an islander who is upset with the publisher over his editorials on a raging local controversy which has the governor involved. But Lynn soon discovers there's a list of islanders who have it in for Lester....When Lynn and Lester narrowly escape the bombing of Lynn's boat while on a manatee survey, it becomes clear that the publisher is a target. Lynn's weaves her way through a cast of colorful, tropical characters on her way to shocking discoveries of greed, murder, lust and revenge, and a gut-wrenching, slam-bang conclusion.