Unnatural Causes [antikvár]

PrologueThe thing was on him without warning. One moment, Duffy had been floating on his back beyond the surf, resting for the swim back to his Malibu beach home and dreading the thought of having to deliver the surfeit of inane one-liners the writers had managed to pack into the day's script. Then, in an instant, he was being sucked down into the dark, murky water, panic seizing him as he sank like a stone.His hands lashed out, trying to grasp something solid, anything, but his fists closed on nothing but water. My God, he thought, I'm going to drown!He opened his mouth to scream and his throat was stung by a flood of salt water. Choking, gagging, he scissored his legs desperately, trying to halt his descent, but the sudden weight around his waist kept taking him