Goodreads asked Charlene D'Avanzo:

What mystery in your own life could be a plot for a book?

Charlene D'Avanzo Actually, book #2 in my Mara Tusconi Maine Oceanography series features a weird incident I experienced. In "Demon Spirit, Devil Sea" Mara and her colleagues have been sent by the U.N. to Haida Gwaii - an archipelago 50 miles off British Columbia - to investigate an international law of the sea violation. One of the Haida Gwaii islands is well known for its hot pools - gloriously warm pools in rocks overlooking the ocean (it's a volcanic area). One day, the pools mysteriously drained - empty. It was totally unexpected and a disaster for local tourism. In "Demon Spirit" that happens to Mara and is literally a life saver.

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