by Douglas Brisotti (Author)
The floater in Albemarle Sound is a murder victim, but no one seems to care.Grayson "Coop" Cooper has retired early from the advertising business in New York City and returned to his hometown of Manteo, North Carolina. Hoping to become a writer and avoiding the demons that led to his early retirement, Coop lives on an older yacht and runs a smaller center console as a marine boat patrol contractor for the Dare County Sheriff's office. He recovers from the sea the bodies of victims claimed by the treacherous waters around North Carolina's Outer Banks.When the body of a young Mexican migrant is discovered with a bullet hole to the head, no one seems to care enough to pursue it. It's up to Coop and Sheriff's Deputy Zaina Majik to find the killer or killers Their pursuit of the truth takes them on an adventure along the coastlines of the bays, sounds and rivers of northeastern North Carolina, and into a dark underworld they never expected.