When zoologist Cordi O'Callaghan sets off for a remote research station off the coast of South Carolina, she expects to study birdsong in tranquility, but ends up stumbling into a hurricane, and murder. There's a slickly put together plot here that begins with what appears to be a sad case of bad luck. [?] Novel with a smart, three-legged cat can fail to find its audience, and Forever Dead has that and the promise of more to come.