Dimensions
83 x 171 x 25mm
Fifty-something and slightly forgetful Bel Barrett is back sleuthing her way through murder and mayhem with her inimitable combination of a sharp mind and a caring heart.
Professor Bel Barrett's idea of a day in the New Jersey Meadowlands is limited to bargain hunting in the discount stores or singing along at one of Bruce Springsteen's comeback concerts. But a desperate plea from a sick colleague has Bel saying yes to supervising a kayaking trip on the Hackensack River.
And so one fine Saturday morning finds Bel paddling in the ravaged tidal estuary once notorious for pig farming, and still known for pollution and mosquitoes and . . . corpses!
In between babysitting her new grandson and helping her friend Illuminada through a cancer scare, Bel's knee deep in the proverbial hot water as she tracks down a killer.