BOOK DESCRIPTION
Logan Osborne has spent his life chasing the shadows of the past.
As a child, he watched helplessly as his father was snatched from a fishing boat by what he swore was a mermaid. No one believed him then. No one believes him now.
Determined to prove that mythical creatures exist, Logan is drawn back to the small coastal town where his nightmares began after another mysterious disappearance stirs the waters.
Teaming up with his pragmatic colleague Elliot Sheppard and his fiercely loyal friend Penny Swanson, Logan dives headfirst into an adventure packed with danger and deception. As they dig deeper, the trio faces resistance at every turn—a secretive agency with its own agenda, a suspiciously unhelpful police force, and Logan’s old flame, who may know more than she’s letting on.
What they uncover is far darker and more terrifying than Logan ever imagined: the truth about his father, the secrets of Minatuck, and the horrifying reality of the Mermaid of the Hamptons.
Will Logan and his friends expose the lies that have haunted him for years, or will they be Dragged Down Deep into the swampy, secretive underbelly of a town that guards its mysteries with deadly intent?
Dragged Down Deep is available at Amazon.
LOGAN FELL HEAVILY onto the mattress, inhaling the fragrance of the sheets. She must air-dry them, he thought absentmindedly.
He was so tired. He and Uncle Jack worked on his car. He helped with some chores around the farm. Then they went to Sully’s Bar and had a few rounds while they watched the game.
Logan groaned with pleasure stretching on the bed, not missing the lumpy one he slept on in his apartment in Long Island. He wondered what drove him to live the way he did when he had a comfortable home if he chose. He could quit his teaching job and take over most of the responsibility of running the farm. He had an open slate. Uncle Jack and Aunt Minnie would be only too happy to hand over the reins to him. e farm was profitable. He knew they longed to move south to a warmer climate, but his dreams of finding new creatures called to him, not that he was able to do it full time.
He lived in the small town of Farmingdale, a mile from the campus where he taught classes on animal sciences. He was between semesters for the summer and had promised his uncle he’d stay for the season on the farm.
Logan closed his eyes dreamily, thinking about Aunt Minnie’s Sunday roast and late-afternoon naps with the window open, letting in the upstate breeze. It felt like he had slept for hours when the persistent buzzing of his phone punctured his dreams. He fumbled as he tried to swipe its surface. He rolled
over, looking at the illuminated display, perplexed at the caller. He finally got it to open and answered groggily.
“Penny?” He smiled at her voice, thinking of her pale blond pigtails. He rubbed his eyes. No, wait, the pigtails were gone. She wore her hair hidden, stuffed under her hat. She was a police officer now.
Michael is a lifelong movie buff, a music playlist aficionado, and a sucker for self-help books. He lives on the North Shore of Long Island with his wife and children.
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