Dead Season

It's the end of the tourist season in The Hamptons, andthings quiet down until prominent landowner Berle Averyis found dead at The Ocean Club Spa. His massage therapistis convinced he was murdered and asks local P.I. Anna Bartel forhelp. Anna accepts the case, even though the police, the coronerand Avery s own doctor say there s no evidence of foul play. Meanwhile, Special Agent Mark Oberlin has been spending timein the pine barrens of Montauk, where he s hidden Nardo, hisinformant and key witness in a drug racketeering case. WhatOberlin doesn t know is that Jim Ryan, a DEA agent who sharesOberlin s FBI office, is on the Cartel s payroll. His assignment isto track Nardo down and make sure he never testifies. Nardo s sudden decision to relocate brings them all together. Unaware of the danger he s in Nardo abandons his bare-bonesdigs at Phil s Piney Acres for his ex-wife s nearby country house. Anna is convinced there s a link between his disappearanceand Avery s death. Her sleuthing takes her from Montauk sbeachfront mansions and resorts, to the sprawling vineyardsof the North Fork, but as she closes in on her murder suspects,Nardo manages to stay one step ahead of her, Oberlin, and theincreasingly desperate Agent Jim Ryan who now has Anna inhis sights as well. What began as a game of cat and mouse, isnow a matter of life and death.