This is the second instalment in the Kristy Farrell Mystery series. No need to read the first book to make sense of this story; everything that is important from the first mystery is mentioned in this book.

Kristy is working on several stories that involve the sea life aquarium of Clam Cove Long Island. One is the story where the aquarium wants to buy 20 acres of adjoining land to expand. For this the aquarium needs to raise 10 million dollars before next Summer. It stands to receive 6 million from the estate of Alicia Wilcox Chandler. That is until Katie the estate's executioner is found dead in a tank with sea snakes.

There are a lot of people that have an interest in the aquarium not being able to raise the 10 million. Could any of them have killed Katie? As Kristy investigates, more bad things happen to the aquarium and Kristy finds her suspects' list getting longer not shorter.

I enjoyed this mystery. Plenty of suspects with motive, means and opportunity. There's even a mystery to the side.

What I didn't care for was that evidence was hidden from me. Kristy would find a photo that she'd find interesting, but not tell what was in the picture. A necklace was found at a crime scene and not a description was given, but Kristy knew who the owner was. I want to know too so I can draw my own conclusions.

I read an ARC through Netgalley.