David Santorino, his sister Martha and her children, find a quiet Florida beach-side rental unit for their vacation in the sun. The vacation starts out okay, but by the time the third scrawny old woman turns up dead on the premises, David is in trouble with the ferocious chief of police, in love with her sister the artist, and entangled with a web of busy children.In short order, the police chief's hapless brother becomes the main suspect, two of the children are missing, three families have pooled all their assets to gather an insufficient ransom, and the artist is attacked in the lower-level garage. Chocked full of action and intrigue, Murder Beach is a compelling read from cover to cover "