Rick Short is short. His life's a mess. Hana, his long gone, much taller girlfriend, has suddenly returned. And carrying dangerous baggage. Did she dump him? Find somebody richer and taller? What about those scars? Then Rick finds a young woman's body in the Dunbar University swimming pool. Drowned on her 18th birthday. No, murdered. Soon Rick's in over his head. Right where he wants to be—underwater. Because Rick likes it underwater. It's cool, silent and when he hyperventilates, he can stay under a long time. And it doesn't matter if you're not tall.