Far North Queensland. Late twentieth century. On the reef tourists on a glass bottom boat discover the body of a young woman trapped deep in the coral. Trainee journalist Lou Williams is at the dock when the police bring the body in. They treat it as a routine accident. So does the FNQ Mail, where Lou is doing a three-week training stint. When Lou discovers another woman dying in unusual circumstances, she embarks on an investigation. In this coastal tourist paradise where rapacious property developers battle environmentalists trying to save the pristine rainforest, dark forces stand in the way of unravelling the truth.
Like A Death in Custody, the first Lou Williams story, Two Down in Paradise was written for young adults.

Sandy Meredith grew up on a farm near the Great Ocean Road in Victoria, then lived in Melbourne and Sydney, and travelled widely in Australia. She worked as waitress and cook, telephone linesman, book editor and political organiser, among other things. Since 2001 she has lived in England, taught legal research skills at Oxford University, and is now publisher at Lightwood Books.