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regulator (mouthpiece) goes over your shoulder to the air tank.

If you don't want to purchase your own equipment, you can rent the necessary gear at a dive shop. Many shops offer a guided dive with a master diver. Just strap on the tanks and swim from the shore or the back of a chartered boat.

Author Charlie Hudson started diving in 1994 when she and her husband were stationed in Hawaii. Since then, they have gone scuba diving in the Bahamas, Puerto Rico, the Graveyard of the Atlantic (in North Carolina), and St. Thomas. They recently moved to South Florida specifically because of Florida Keys diving. They've been diving with manta rays, reef sharks and on some interesting shipwrecks including a German U-boat from World War II.

Charlie enjoys diving for pleasure, but her husband took his love of scuba diving to the next level. He is now a scuba diving instructor. That is one of the things that inspired Charlie to incorporate scuba diving into the story of her latest murder/mystery book SHADES OF GOLD. Chris Green is one of the main characters in the novel. Chris is a scuba diving instructor and owner of a local dive shop. She has been hired to give scuba lessons to the handsome lead actor and other members of the Hollywood film cast. The dive shop is also the scene of a crime, and that means an investigation is called for.

Readers will learn about scuba diving in an entertaining manner in SHADES OF GOLD, but it's still not quite the same as being in the water with sea creatures. You can read the first chapter of the book at www.charliehudson.net. SHADES OF GOLD can be purchased through Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, and www.Outskirtspress.com or by request at your favorite bookstore.

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