The Otter of Death Author:Betty Webb DROWNING IN SUSPECTS — While taking the yearly 'otter count' at a marsh near Gunn Landing Harbor, California, zookeeper Theodora Bentley sees Maureen, her favorite otter, clutching a smartphone. When Teddy rescues the device, she discovers a photograph of a murder in progress. A hasty search turns up the still-warm body of Stuart Booth, PhD, a lo... more »cal marine biology instructor.
Booth was a notorious sexual harasser of young female students, so the list of suspects is long enough to make Teddy wonder if the crime will ever be solved. But when her friend Lila, one of Booth's original accusers, is arrested and charged with his murder, Teddy begins to investigate. She questions members of Gunn Landing's moneyed social elite as well as the financially strapped young women willing to do almost anything to pay for their college tuition. But as Teddy gets closer to the truth, Booth's killer decides to strike back...« less