<p>A popular marine biologist is dead. An octopus named Fred is accused of killing her. Can Xena interrogate Fred and solve the crime before more people die?</p><p>Xena Cali is a somewhat overzealous investigator with a passion for poetic justice. Her latest case takes her to the Biological and Aquatic Research Labs (BARL) in Galveston, where Dr. Jane Moore is found dead in a tank with a large octopus wrapped around her body. When Dr. Ari Pani (42 and very handsome) doesn&#39;t accept the police&#39;s conclusion of death by octopus, he hires Xena to find the truth before Fred is lethally injected in two weeks.</p><p>The investigation tests her mental and athletic prowess, her stash of spy shop gadgets and her assumptions about octopuses. She&rsquo;ll need all that and a commandeered Segway to stay alive.</p><p><em><strong>Toxic Octopus</strong></em> is the first book in the Spy Shop mystery series. If you like fast-paced crime novels, clever satire and gritty beach towns, then you&rsquo;ll love this humorous mystery.</p><p>&nbsp;</p>