BOCA NEWS

ENJOYING THE EASY ISLAND LIFE... 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. ISN'T SO EASY... 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. When he falls ill and dies in the emergency room of "congestive heart failure" it doesn't pass Lynn's sniff test. She and her lover Rolf Berglund, and best friend and sheriff's deputy, Truck Kershaw, dig for the truth. WHEN SOMEONE'S TRYING KILL YOU... But Lynn's digging makes her a target which hardens her conviction that Lester did not die of natural causes. She weaves her way through a cast of colorful, tropical characters on her way to shocking discoveries of greed, lust and revenge, and a gut-wrenching, slam-bang conclusion.