Tropial Greed: A Kristen Maroney Mystery

By Susan LaDue

As tourist season winds down in the Caribbean town of Placencia, boutique owner Kristen Maroney looks forward to a rest. Declaring that everyone could use a party, her friend Claire organizes a beach barbeque. Kristen accepts her invitation reluctantly, only to find out that Claire intends to use the gathering to educate her guests about the plight of sea turtles.

Kristen's hardly an environmentalist, but Claire's beautifully moving footage of damaged coral reefs and a greatly diminished turtle population arouses her interest. Then, when Claire takes her scuba diving, she sees first hand the turtles' gentle grace and the mindless devastation of the reef. By nature a woman who can't leave problems unresolved, she plunges into the cause.

She starts asking questions, and suddenly finds herself flat on her back in the hospital with multiple injuries. To make matters worse, her obstreperous grandmother has arrived from Las Vegas and is making life miserable. She thinks things can't get any worse, but no sooner is she out of the hospital than she is attacked again and this time her life is threatened. To keep herself and her Gram safe, she must take extraordinary measures to get some very evil men before they get her.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Susan LaDue
• Release date: Oct 12, 2012
• ISBN: 9781301613991

Susan LaDue

Susan LaDue is an author and freelance writer living in central MA. Before becoming a professional writer, she was a tenured professor at the University of MA, then a human resources manager at a Fortune 100 company. She graduated Yale University with a Ph.D in French, and has lived and worked in Paris, New York, Boston, and San Francisco. She has published a fictionalized memoir, "The Veranda", as well as the Kristen Maroney Mysteries. All are available on amazon.com under "Books, Susan LaDue". Susan is an unrepentant dog lover. In addition to her writing, she owns The Doggie Den, a dog daycare and grooming facility in which she was the working manager for 13 years. She still lives and writes with her dogs beside her. www.susanladue.com

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