For Aristotle "Soc" Socarides, diver, Cape Cod fisherman, and
sometime private investigator, summer on Quanset Beach can have its
irritations. The throngs of pushy tourists who converge on the town
turn everyday events like parking and finding a seat at a bar into
headaches, and the heat and humidity make fishing expeditions
grueling tests of endurance. Still, for all his griping, this is
home, and Soc likes it. Likes it, that is, until the day horrible
screams shatter Quanset Beach's calm. A swimmer is attacked and
killed by a mysterious aquatic predator, his body viciously
disfigured in a way that is unlike anything ever seen. The town
goes into a state of complete panic, and when another swimmer is
mutilated, and bodies start coming ashore, Soc knows there is no
time to lose. Time is something Soc already has little of, though,
for he has agreed to help beleaguered Tillie Talbot, the owner of
the Quanset Beach Sailing Camp for children. The camp is set on
prime waterfront real estate, and Tillie has repeatedly fought off
aggressive developers looking to buy. But now sinister forces are
at work to bankrupt Tillie and make her sell-forces that, Soc
learns, have ominous levels of power in local and state government.
And, as if Soc didn't have enough to think about, his mother
coerces him into trying to shake some sense into his cousin Alex, a
spoiled young punk who has started running with a particularly
nasty crowd. Add to that a messed-up love life and you have all the
ingredients for a thoroughly rotten time. And then John Flagg shows
up in Quanset, and Soc knows that things are about to go from
rotten to surreal. A sinewy ex-commando with ice in his veins and a
wicked mean streak, Flagg is an old friend who does odd, unsavory
jobs for the CIA, and his sudden interest in the Quanset Beach
attacks is definitely not a good sign. Other groups in Quanset are
interested in the attacks as well, and some of them make the CIA
look like Cub Scouts. As usual, Soc is in completely over his head;
one false step on his part could jeopardize national security at
its highest level and cause him to be very dead. So much for a
quiet summer.
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