Dead Calm

A retired spy, a nerdy city-slicker, and a tractor full of secrets...It's summertime on Lake Ontario's Beaver Island, and there's trouble on the horizon. When a remote-controlled tractor goes berserk at the ground-breaking for a new condo development, retired spy Irma Abercrombie's finely-honed paranoia goes into overdrive. And after a beloved local is murdered, she and her houseguest Violet Blackheart are drawn into another island intrigue.As Violet's vacation steams ahead, she works on reverse-engineering a tractor hack and toys with learning how to conquer her fear of boating, while Irma flirts with the idea of getting closer to a dangerous ex-nemesis.Hoping to help her struggling company's bottom line, Violet enters a charity poker tournament on a superyacht—but she might have signed up for more than she bargained on.With the help of her trusty canine sidekick Mr. Pugglesworth, and intrepid (but nauseous) nerd Violet Blackheart, retired intelligence agent Irma Abercrombie sets out to find a killer.