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She Said What?! by Dr. Mary F. KohnkeDr. Paul, a New York University professor, retires to her home on the Intracoastal Waterway in Palm Valley, near Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. Her community association is attempting to keep the developers of a large golf community from locating a sewage plant near their homes. Dr. Paul threatens to lead the community to picket on national television at the Tournament Players Championship. The developer's lawyer, attempting to stop this action, threatens her. Later the dead body of her maid is found in the waterway, tied to her dock. Was the murder a case of mistaken identity, a warning, or something else? The plot revolves around the investigation of the death of the maid, drug runners, and a chase in the Intracoastal marshes. There is a bit on the history of the area of Ponte Vedra, a glimpse of St. Augustine and St. Johns County, Florida, as well as fishing on the Intracoastal Waterway. Dr. Paul is an independent woman of means. She does not go looking for trouble but finds it difficult to back down when it appears on her doorstep. There is a passing resemblance to the author.