Zapped: 2 (Edgar Rowdey Cape Cod Mystery)

Summer on Cape Cod! While tourists pack the beaches and malls Quansett locals meet for Tooner Sallid or Egz Bennie at Leos Back End. Inventor Pam Nash bursts into this sanctuary like an IED. Can her reclusive old friend and fellow genius the artist-author Edgar Rowdey save her new Zappa? This revolutionary Taser for pacifists is set to debut at a waterfront lawn party on Saturday. But Pams daughter Ashley scared out of Las Vegas by death threats is flying home to turn 21 with her family. How do you combine a VIP weapon launch with a birthday party? Leos sous-chefs ex-Fix-It Chick Lydia Vivaldi and Wampanoag Mudge Miles agree to cater. But when Lydia finds a dead party-goer floating beside the dock Edgar is forced to change from guest into sleuth. Was the victim murdered? If so why? And how? While the police investigation trundles along its slow methodical path the body count threatens to skyrocket. As Edgar reluctantly starts nosing around he learns theres already been another death. Recognizing the murderous shell game theyre up against he and Lydia race to piece together random but crucial facts from everyone in Quansett before the killer destroys the Nashes and Zappa.