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In 1965, an Amherst College graduate, Terry Wagner, returns to the beaches of southern Long Island to resume his summer jobs as a lifeguard at Point Lookout Beach and a bouncer at a nightclub. His idyllic summer of love and work at the beach is overshadowed by the serial murder of two young girls in the community. Twelve-year-old Melissa Costello is the first to be discovered at Point Lookout Beach, followed by Sydney Finkelstein, a fourteen-year-old girl. Terry is shocked and spurred to unravel these crimes when a family he becomes friends with is involved. The perpetrators continue to evade capture, and the search for the murderers continues, even as first responders are tasked with ocean rescues. District Attorney Samantha Weathers brings Terry into direct conflict with one of the serial killers, culminating in a confrontation that forever changes the lives of all involved in the killers’ path of destruction.

Dan Tannacito has been a writing teacher, journal editor, and director of more than sixty full-length doctoral dissertations. This work has shown him the importance and appreciation of a text-oriented dedication to language use. Murder at Point Lookout Beach is Dan's fourth book. It draws on his experiences as a lifeguard in a familiar place. Born in New York City, Dan has always been fascinated by the abundance and variety of human life around him. His academic career brought him from New York to Oregon, from China to Turkey, where he immersed himself in very different lives. He has tried to emerge through his experiences with a better understanding of humanity.