DEEP WATER DEATH
A Luanne Fogarty Mystery

Review by Mark Baker

A Return to Florida’s Dangerous Waterways

Scuba diver Luanne Fogarty is trying to locate the owner of a remote piece of land when she stumbles on a pregnant mother giving birth. When the two midwives leave with the baby, she gets involved trying to track down the trio. Where did they go? And is the baby still alive? When a realtor dies in a mysterious accident, Luanne realizes there is much more at stake. Can she stay alive long enough to find the answers?

This follow up to last year’s Dive Deep and Deadly is just as much fun as its predecessor. The plot and characters are well developed, and the author’s sense of place is very well defined. Using all five senses effectively, Ms. Alam manages to place the reader in Florida and Georgia right along with the characters.

I highly recommend both books in this series. They are a real treat for the mystery lover.

Review by Ginny Welding

Luann Forgarty lives on the edge of Lake Palmetto and the swamp around it. She is a diver working for the local police. Both her current love, and former love work for them as well.

One morning she hears a woman’s screams mixing in with the critter noise and upon investigating she finds 2 midwives attending a woman on a bloody bed who had just given birth. One if the women is holding a bundle which is the just delivered baby while the other gathers up pans and bloody rags. As she was calling an ambulance, the two midwives and the bundle one is holding disappear into the swamp. The new mother is transported and subsequently dies.

This begins a tale which leads to illegal midwifery, selling babies, murder, and a plot to reap big money for the sale of swamp land to developers. The terrain is almost a character as it figures so prominently in the story.

This is the 2nd book in this series, and I look forward to the next one. Very good!