NORMally Dead

Casey Cook desperately wants planet saving adventures to fill the summer before she starts college. Joining her PhD father in his Fort Lauderdale environmental investigations promises danger and mystery as she learns the basics of his bizarre and dangerous detective work. She immediately faces radioactive waste and deadly endangered species as her first detecting delves into the mystery of a missing scientist and oilfield waste. Her life in south Florida is interrupted by a murderous mugger, vicious ocean predators and evil doers. Together with her brilliant and beautiful best friend, Lisa, Casey must solve mysteries that stump the best governmental investigators. NORMally Dead is filled with action and adventure in location that is almost paradise, spoiled by the carelessness of a federal agency and the dangers inherent in a salt life.
BONUS SHORT STORY: Dead Asleep follows Casey on her travels to Florence, Italy where the famous locale is plagued by deadly bedbugs and mosquitos. Death lurks as Casey is a victim of hundreds of bites and must solve the question of the cause of Florence’s mysterious plague. Working alone in a foreign countrypresents special problems for the environmental investigator who must find the source of the infestation before death claims another victim.