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A trip to an island off the New England coast--and away from the demands of police work--might be just what is needed to jumpstart Detective Doyle Carrick and Nola Watkins' stalled relationship. But a mysterious plague is killing the island's bees. Nola takes a job at an organic farm hit hard by the disease, working for the rich, handsome, and annoying Teddy, with whom she quickly becomes a little too friendly for Doyle's liking. When Teddy's estranged father offers Doyle a big payday to keep his son out of trouble until he can close a big government contract--and when Doyle meets Annalisa, a beautiful researcher studying the bees--Doyle decides to stick around.Stoma Corporation, a giant biotech company, moves in with genetically modified super bees that supposedly are the answer to the world's bee crisis.
About the Author
JON McGORAN is the award-winning author of ten novels, including the near-future YA SF thrillers SPLICED, SPLINTERED and SPIKED, from Holiday House Books. SPLICED was named to the American Library Association's inaugural LITA Excellence in Children's and Young Adult Science Fiction Notable List, and is nominated for the 2019/2020 South Carolina Young Adult Book Award. Both SPLICED and SPLINTERED have been honored by American Bookseller's Association as ABC Best Books for Young Readers.McGoran's other books include the acclaimed thrillers DRIFT, DEADOUT, and DUST UP, and the novella DOWN TO ZERO, all from Tor/Forge Books, as well as THE DEAD RING, based on the TV show The Blacklist. Writing as D. H. Dublin, he is the author of the forensic crime thrillers FREEZER BURN, BLOOD POISON, and BODY TRACE, from Penguin Books. His short fiction has appeared in a number of anthologies, and his story Bad Debt was shortlisted for Best American Mystery Stories, 2014. He is a founding member of the Philadelphia Liars Club, a group of published authors dedicated to supporting writers, readers, and the people who bring them together, and co-host of The Liars Club Oddcast, a podcast about writing and creativity. When not working on his own books, he helps works with other writers as a developmental editor and writing coach.
