Are you a mermaid junkie? Obsessed with pirate and mermaid legend? Did you ever wonder how mermaids become girlyfish in the first place? You can be certain to get all of your questions answered in Jen Purcell's new novel, The Dirty Mermaid, a magical murder mystery laced with girlyfish legend. Tippany Ridge is a North Carolina coastal town famous for three things: fishing, surfing and mermaids. Mermaid sightings don't occur very often, but when they do what a ruckus! Everyone gets crazy and searches out Viola Fox, the proverbial fisherman's daughter. The story begins five years after the greatest summer of Maggie Mack's life, when she lived on the Tipp with her best friend Sarah. After a toxic marriage Sarah has run off leaving Viola in need of a store keeper. She offers her services an