Mermaid Murder Case — Charles D. Taylor

Alex Brown, private eye, vacationing in Florida, after his last job, finds a dead woman washed upon beach wearing only a wet suite from the waist down, looking like a mermaid to him, murdered by a long steel spear in her heart. The mermaid's stepdaughter, a beautiful young lawyer, is ordered by her father to retain Alex to find the killer, at first he refuses, but has to take the job to replenish his bankroll. In the story we meet the father and travel to the Bahamas and get involved with the cartel. Alex must prove to the boss of the cartel that his daughter killed his ex-wife; the Mermaid. We meet the doorman at Paradise Island who supplies Alex with all the info on the cartel and it's leader. The cartel finds out putting Alex in danger of losing his life. The reader is exposed to the love affair with the black mayor, a member of the cartel, and the mermaid's stepdaughter that gets the mayor murdered and puts Michelle in danger. Alex saves his life by proving the real killer and gets reward from the government that lets him retire in Florida.