Old Poison — Joan Francis

When PI Diana hunter strips away multiple layers of deception and false leads she learns that Evelyn Lilac's novel, The Martian Diary, is more than science fiction. Hidden within this fantastic story are allegation of corporate greed and crime that could lead to ecological disaster. When Evelyn is murdered in the same bazar manner as her fictional heroin, Diana finds herself at the vortex of a high octane conspiracy to silence Evelyn's tale. As the body count rises, Diana goes undercover at the Blue Morpho Petroleum plant, concealed in a remote area of the Costa Rica rain forest. There she finally learns the terrifying secret behind Blue Morpho's new alternative fuel, Red 19. Facing a foe with power and influence that places them above the law, Diana must find the hiding place of Evelyn's hard evidence and then find some way to reveal it to the world before she too is silenced.