Description

A moonlit surprise. An assault and failed attempt at murder takes place on a boat at anchor in a quiet cove on the Eastern Shore of Chesapeake Bay.

Robert Chappell wants a relaxing, autumn weekend on the Bay. He has his boat, Jupiter, for adventure and shelter, and his girlfriend, Edith, for company. As he searches for why the attack happened, Chappell relies on his experience as a journalist to contend with police and dodgy, dark characters on the Chesapeake's Western and Eastern Shores. He weaves his way among lethal threats while dealing with unusual circumstances from his girlfriend's divorce, her work as an analyst for the National Security Agency, and other lives she leads apart from him.