A novel inspired by the 1916 Jersey shore shark attacks. It's July, and swimming in the sea is a popular new pastime, but people up and down the East Coast are shocked and mystified by a swimmer's death. A prominent surgeon at the shore, Dr. Edwin Halsey, is the one who examines the victim, and the only one who believes the perpetrator was a shark, and that it will strike again. Can Dr. Halsey convince the rest of the world before it's too late?