Linda Lehmann Masek, a teacher-librarian, has masters' degrees from both Cleveland State and Case-Western Reserve universities. she possesses very diverse writing talents as shown in the differing genres of her previous books: Mag-ni-fi-cat, a children's cat book; The Poison Tree, a historical mystery; Soul Dance, a romantic suspense novel; and now The Serpent Sea, a contempory thriller. She has penned more than 100 newspaper and journal articles in addition to contributing content to the nonfiction AT&T Pioneer Memory Book and Encyclopedia. An accomplished pianist, artist and photographer, he...