Tropial Greed: A Kristen Maroney Mystery

By Susan LaDue
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Published: Oct. 12, 2012
Words: 24,477 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781301613991

Short description

Tourist season is waning in the Caribbean town of Placencia, and boutique owner Kristen Maroney looks forward to a rest. She accepts her friend Claire's invitation to a beach party, only to find that Claire intends to use the gathering to educate people about the plight of sea turtles. Kristen gets hooked on the cause, and suddenly finds herself in hand to hand combat with some very evil men.

Extended description

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'.. (Read more) 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.
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caribbean, sea turtles, women detectives, endangered species, drug traffickers, caribbean fiction, caribbean adventure, green turtles, caribbean cuisine, caribbean beach romance, caribbean mystery, caribbean mysteries, caribbean drug trade, save the turtles, illegal drug trade, turtle poaching, illegal poaching, illlegal poaching of endangered species

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