Fins

In Fins, pirates catch sharks in a marine reserve, lop off their fins, and discard the sharks for dead. A series of puzzling, apparently related shark attacks follows, suggesting that sentient sharks are cooperating to exact more than revenge. The carnage escalates until a brilliant, beautiful, beleaguered forensic technician-risking probable death and certain dismemberment-discovers the secret behind the attacks, revealing much more than was bargained for.

About the author. Gene Helfman, Ph.D., is an animal behaviorist turned conservation biologist. He has authored four reference books on fish and marine conservation. His 2021 novel, Beyond the Human Realm - about love, loss, and redemption among killer whales - won the 2022 NIEA Award and 2022 Readers' Favorite Award for Animal Fiction.