It's Jaws meets global warming - an inconvenient tooth! In time for summer beach reading, Dr. Potter’s new novel Sharkbait throws two mismatched scientists together, risking their lives to learn why sharks are venturing on shore for food. Relying on real science, the novel envisions a world where rising ocean temperatures do more than raise the global water level.

When sharks attack on the beaches of Hawaii and the coast of Oregon, it’s a race against time to reverse a genetic mutation. Is it global warming? Toxins in the ocean? Or something more sinister? Sharon is a marine biologist who learns of the attacks when she travels to Hawaii for the second time in many years. Johann is an eccentric shark expert in Waikiki who blames Sharon for an old shark injury that ruined his chances for a normal life. Sharon and Johann wrestle with their past while they risk their lives to find out how sharks are able to attack on land. Can the attacks be stopped before it’s too late?

BECAUSE IT'S THERE: A Novel of Climbing and Discovery

It's 1953, and in a snow-swept death zone near Mount Everest, English mountaineer Allan Singleton clings to life as he strives for a first summit of Mount Chomoranga. Like George Mallory before him, he vanishes near the summit, leaving his wife to raise their three young children alone in England. Singleton's summit attempt is eclipsed by Edmund Hillary's successful summit of Mount Everest.

The treacherous Himalayan peak is not attempted again until 2002, when a brash amateur mountaineer from Seattle climbs it and claims a monetary prize. Alleging that their father summitted first, before being lost on the mountain, Singleton's adult children sue.

The trial progresses in downtown Seattle, with surprise witnesses, burglaries, threats, and clandestine late-night evidence-gathering. During the course of the trial, unexpected romance and family connections unfold, culminating in a daring trek deep into remote Himalayan villages in search of the truth.

After many physical and emotional challenges, the joyous participants return to Seattle with their lives enriched, bearing an astonishing tale of a Shangri-La and closure to the strangest trial the judge has ever presided over.