Details the first documented cases in American history of sharks attacking swimmers, which occured along the Atlantic coast of New Jersey in 1916.

"Chet Roscow is finally feeling at home in his uncle's little New Jersey town. He has three new friends, and they love cooling off in the creek on hot summer days. But then comes shocking news: A massive shark has been attacking swimmers in the ocean along the Jersey Shore, not far from where Chet is staying. Fear is in the air. So when Chet spots a gray fin in the creek, he's sure it's his imagination running wild. It's impossible he's about to come...

A novel inspired by the 1916 Jersey shore shark attacks. It's July, and swimming in the sea is a popular new pastime, but people up and down the East Coast are shocked and mystified by a swimmer's death. A prominent surgeon at the shore, Dr. Edwin Halsey, is the one who examines the victim, and the only one who believes the perpetrator was a shark, and that it will strike again. Can Dr. Halsey convince the rest of the world before it's too late?