🌊 WET SUIT PURSUIT

🏝️ A STOLEN CIGARETTE BOAT.

A GHOST SHIP ADRIFT IN THE GULF.

AND A PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR WHO JUST CAN'T STAY OUT OF DEEP WATER.

When legendary salvager Rusty Buckingham reports that his latest underwater discovery has been stolen almost as soon as it reaches the surface, Florida private investigator Gumbo Malone expects another insurance scam.

Instead, he stumbles into one of the strangest cases of his career.

The missing boat isn't just another sunken wreck.

Someone is willing to kill to get it back.

Soon Gumbo is chasing clues that lead from Cedar Key's quirky waterfront to hidden offshore tunnels, abandoned cargo ships, eccentric salvage operators, counterfeit accountants, cartel money, long-buried secrets, and a mysterious cigarette boat with a dangerous past.

With Ellie Rodriguez going undercover as an environmental documentary filmmaker, Rusty Buckingham hiding more than he's telling, Lola LaRue creating chaos at every opportunity, and Old Scarback the alligator somehow becoming an unlikely ally, Gumbo discovers that everyone wants the missing boat...

...but nobody will tell him why.

As the investigation spirals through forgotten smuggling routes, ghost freighters, underwater treasure, cartel accountants, suspicious pelicans, Florida folklore, and enough bizarre characters to fill an entire marina, Gumbo races to uncover the truth before the Gulf claims another victim.

Because beneath the turquoise waters...

Some secrets were never meant to surface.

😂 Filled with laugh-out-loud humor, unforgettable Florida characters, outrageous adventures, colorful conspiracies, hidden treasure, maritime mystery, Gulf Coast action, and nonstop Sunshine State weirdness, WET SUIT PURSUIT is another wildly entertaining Gumbo Malone mystery where every clue leads deeper into the water—and every dive uncovers another surprise.

Perfect for fans of:

🌴 Florida Mysteries

🕵️ Private Investigator Adventures

⚓ Maritime & Coastal Mysteries

🌊 Treasure Hunt Thrillers

😂 Humorous Crime Fiction

🚤 Gulf Coast Adventures

🔎 Amateur Sleuth Mysteries

🤣 Carl Hiaasen-style Florida Humor

🏝️ Island Mysteries & Quirky Whodunits

If you love eccentric detectives, colorful Florida characters, hidden treasure, underwater adventures, fast-paced mysteries, and laugh-out-loud crime capers, then you'll love WET SUIT PURSUIT—a wildly original Gumbo Malone mystery where the only thing stranger than the suspects is the evidence washing ashore.

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