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Charlene D'Avanzo

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in Western MA, The United States

October 29

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Mystery, Eco Lit, Cli Fi

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Kathy Reichs

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Why does a marine ecologist/college professor turn to mystery writing? Easy. What could be more mysterious, dangerous, and riveting than the deep, dark sea?

I write the Mara Tusconi Maine Oceanography Mystery Series. Mara's a feisty scientist who uses her sea kayak to track down the bad guys.

In "Cold Blood, Hot Sea" Mara witnesses the death of a dear colleague aboard research vessel Intrepid. It's called an accident, but she thinks otherwise and risks her job & life as she uncovers a scam as deep and dark as the wild sea.

"Demon Spirit, Devi Sea" takes Mara to one of the last temperate rainforests on earth - Haida Gwaii, an archipelago off British Columbia. She investigates an international law of the sea crime, spiteful spirits that should ...more

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	Cold Blood, Hot Sea (Mara Tusconi Mystery #1) 3.77 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Demon Spirit, Devil Sea (Mara Tusconi Mystery #2) 3.77 avg rating — 22 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Winds of Change: Short Stories about Our Climate by Mary Woodbury (Editor), Michael Rothenberg (Foreword), Robert Sassor (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.31 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Secrets Haunt the Lobsters' Sea (Mara Tusconi Mystery Series Book 3) 3.67 avg rating — 12 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Secrets Haunt the Lobsters' Sea 3.55 avg rating — 11 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Destination: Mystery! by Andrew MacRae (editor), Jake Bates (Contributor), Brenda Seabrooke (Contributor) 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Glass Eels, Shattered Sea (Oceanographer Mara Tusconi, #4) 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Glass Eels, Shattered Sea (Mara Tusconi Mystery Series Book 4) 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Student Active Science by Ann P. McNeal, Charlene D'Avanzo (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1996	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Book #2 in my series on the way!

The second book in my "Maine Oceanography Mystery" series is in final edits! "Demon Spirit, Devil Sea" is set in Haida Gwaii 50 miles off British Columbia, one of the few intact temperature rainforests on Earth and a spectacular sea kayak destination. As she untangles a climate change crime, oceanographer Mara Tusconi confronts the Haida Nation’s mistrust of outsiders like her and spiteful spirits Read more of this blog post »

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“Many fiction writers have used novels to promote social change. Why couldn’t I? No matter that I had no experience whatsoever writing fiction. I could learn. I decided on mysteries because I love the genre and could envisage a story featuring climate change researchers hounded by climate change doubters.”
― Charlene D'Avanzo, Cold Blood, Hot Sea

tags: cli-fi, eco-lit, mystery-novels

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