Don't turn your back on the ocean
Subtitle: a Jeri Howard mystery
By: Janet Dawson.
Edition: 1st pbk. ed.
Publisher: Fawcett Crest
Published: 1995
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 325
Subjects: Howard, Jeri (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.; Private investigators -- California, Northern -- Fiction.; Women detectives -- California, Northern -- Fiction.; Detective and mystery stories.; California, Northern -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: Beautiful Ariel Logan was last seen quarreling with her boyfriend outside a Monterey pub. Now she lies dead on a California beach. An autopsy reveals that Ariel's death is no accidental drowning, but a cold-blooded killing.

Vacationing private investigator Jeri Howard has more than professional interest in the case: Ariel's boyfriend, the prime murder suspect, is Jeri's rowdy cousin, Bobby Ravella. Despite Bobby's refusal to defend himself, Jeri believes in his innocence - and instinct tells her the murder is part of a far larger evil. Perhaps there's a connection to the recent spate of senseless pelican mutilations.

Or a link within the malevolent pranks aimed to destroy the flawless reputation of Cafe Marie, one of Monterey's best-loved restaurants. To find the answers, Jeri goes fishing for a big one in deep and treacherous waters - and discovers that Ariel's short life was not free from dark secrets.
Notes: c.1: 00/01 0138R.