The Zane Grey Murders — Doug Scott

Author Charles Crawford has an ocean-view cottage on Catalina Island, a dog he calls Ernie in honor of Ernest Hemingway, and a fishing boat named Semper Fi. His first published book, a biography of western author Zane Grey, has just hit the bookstores. Life for the thirty-four-year-old writer is wonderful. Then The Book Man enters his life and all hell breaks loose.  his psychotic killer has left a trail of death from Navajo Country, across the state of Arizona, and directly to the author's doorstep in the village of Avalon on Catalina. A copy of Crawford's book was left with each of the four victims. The ultimate target? Crawford himself. The author teams up with FBI Agent Ray Burke to find out why and put an end to the slaughter. From a Great White shark attack off Catalina to a gala sting operation aboard the luxury liner Queen Mary to a final fight to the death in the village of Avalon on Catalina, action abounds throughout this novel of mystery, romance, and literary intrigue.