The Mermaid Latitudes

<p>A miniature painting of a mermaid drawn in bat’s blood is taking the art world by storm. Why was it adrift at sea in a bottle a coded message etched in the glass? Who painted it and why? It is up to Larry Settlebottom a sheltered museum curator to decipher the riddle. His adventures take him to Mexico and beyond as he encounters modern-day pirates corrupted oceanographers and a band of romantic sea gypsies all leading him to a remote island where madness death and art live together.</p>