Animal Heart

When an eerie mass stranding of whales and dolphins takes place along the mist-shrouded Oregon coast, forensic wildlife pathologist Isabel Spinner covertly investigates this disaster as a crime against wildlife. When Isabel connects with Marshall McGreggor, an undersea photographer, the two find themselves making surprising decisions – that will forever change their lives.

In her environmental thriller, Peterson offers a captivating love story of people whose compassion for animals compels them into extraordinary acts of heroism. Based on cutting-edge science, this powerful page-turner is a haunting, highly original story of the deep bonds between humans and animals – and of our inevitably linked fates.

The Soul of a Dolphin • New Dimensions Radio/NPR interview with Brenda Peterson, hosted by Justine Willis Toms

Praise for Animal Heart

"Brenda Peterson weaves a haunting love story into a fast-moving plot. Animal Heart is based on facts that are terrifyingly true, and it captures the exquisite beauty of a world that we are devastating and destroying, piece by piece. Please read it."
– Jane Goodall, author of Reason for Hope

"One can hardly imagine a more heartfelt work or a more unusual love story than this one. Highly recommended for all public and academic libraries."
– Library Journal

WATCH! Dr. Jane Goodall, Pierce Brosnan, and Brenda Peterson search for wild dolphins off the coast of Southern California with the Summer Tree Institute.