Silver Moon Rising

Lieutenant Ivy Bourque of the Cape & Islands Detective Unit is called to a Martha's Vineyard ferry at midnight. She soon learns that the estranged son of Massachusetts' most famous political family is dead.Was the victim, Daniel John Fitzgerald, murdered, or was he assassinated? Dan-Dan Fitzgerald was a preeminent eco-activist and whale advocate. His death triggers more deaths. Numerous suspects arise, among them the ferry crew, a megalomaniacal State governor, former Marines, a federal political lobbyist, and anti-whale shipping companies.The investigation falters until Bourque realizes the key lies below the surface of Vineyard Sound, which leads to a tangled web centered on Cuttyhunk Island off Cape Cod.