Linden Harper-St.James almost drowns in deep water and criminal deception; in over her head, barely surviving personal attacks and agency politics; and she's beyond her depth in dealing with a strained relationship with her new boss, Carson Light.
 

Recently transferred from the Maine office of the Wildlife Resources Agency, Maritime Division, where she served as a crack investigator, Linden joins the Friday Harbor unit. 

Well organized crews of poachers, led by a murderous ringleader, always one step ahead of law enforcement, reap large financial rewards by illegally harvesting and exporting giant geoduck clams from the waters of Washington State’s Puget Sound and San Juan Island.

Linden’s assignment: stop them. With or without Carson’s help.
Carson’s crisis: cooperate with Linden or else. Succeed or be fired.

Several years earlier she had a brief but memorable encounter with Carson, who she would later refer to as the​ “Puget Putz”, citing his apparent incompetence in apprehending lawbreakers and closing cases.

Now they’re together in a reluctant partnership in crime fighting while enduring distractions from shape-shifting super-naturals and regular appearances by a pair of eccentric, octogenarian ghosts.
 

Meantime, Linden's brother Oakley, who travelled to Washington State with her,
and the local deputy sheriff, Clete O’Rorke, plot to pair Linden and Carson
while they work on their own budding romance.

 

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