Death in Deep Water — Paul Kemprecos

IN TOO DEEP

When whale trainer Eddy Byron is found belly-up in an aquarium tank at Oceanus Aquatic Park, it doesn't take much imagination to locate his killer: the puncture marks on Eddy's wet suit are a perfect match to Rocky, an eight-ton hunk of killer whale who's the park's star attraction. But for the owners of Oceanus, who are in the middle of delicate negotiations for the park's sale, it becomes imperative that Rocky be exonerated. Toward that end they hire cop-turned-Cape. Cod private eye Soc Socarides.

Within hours of going undercover, Soc finds himself facing off with a bunch of ecoterrorists, flirting with a lovely dolphin trainer, and trading jabs with a mean-tempered cop who's collared him for murder. He knows he's in way over his head, but that's nothing compared to what awaits...when a two-legged predator moves in for the kill, desperate to make Soc food for the sharks.