I can’t believe my luck in discovering this atmospheric noirish mystery series set deep in the interior of the eerie, steamy, swampy Florida Everglades!! The author has created an adult female character in Luanne Fogarty who is strong and smart, and has a serious hobby in scuba diving which finds her occasionally diving the deep murky underwater caves for the police to help solve crimes. However the real star here is the setting where Ms Alan is able to bring the swamp to life using all five senses in a way that places you right there. Tangled forests full of cypress trees, ferns and fronds makes you feel like you could reach out and touch the moss hanging like hair from the trees and where the humming of insects completes the swamp's eerie atmosphere. Dark and dangerous ponds, pools & canals infested with alligators and poisonous snakes that slither through the murky water or hang from the trees. The book is filled with the sounds of the swamp, the calls of frogs and birds, the plopping sound of turtles and the whining of stinging biting insects. Its all like something out of “The Monster From the Black Lagoon” and I can’t wait to get my hands on the next book from this amazing author who herself grew up in this unique part of the world.