Diagnosis Murder: The Death Merchant
by Lee Goldberg
Dr. Mark Sloan and his son, Steve, are getting some sun and surf on the Hawaiian island of Kauai. But their vacation is interrupted when a local restaurant owner falls victim to a shark attack. Rather than return home, father and son elect to hang around and enjoy what's left of their holiday. Then Mark makes a startling discovery on the beach: a mixture of corn syrup and red dye... also known as movie blood. An examination of the body reveals that the victim was already dead-- murdered in fact--before becoming shark food. Now Mark and Steve must help police capture a predator more deadly than anything swimming in the ocean...