Cold Blood Hot Sea

By Charlene D’Avanzo. Torrey House Press: Salt Lake City, UT, May, 2016.

A thrilling contribution to the new wave of cli-fi novels, Cold Blood Hot Sea pits climate change scientists against big energy conspirators. When a colleague is killed aboard the research vessel Intrepid, oceanographer Mara Tusconi believes it’s no accident. As she investigates, Mara becomes entangled in a scheme involving powerful energy executives with much to lose if her department colleagues continue their climate change research. Mara’s career—and life—is on the line, threatened by intrigue as big and dark as the ocean.

Marine ecologist and award–winning environmental educator Charlene D’Avanzo studied the New England coast for forty years. Today she uses mysteries to immerse readers in Maine waters’ stunning beauty and grave threats. An avid sea kayaker, D’Avanzo lives in Yarmouth, Maine.