Tush Bannon was in the way. It wasn’t anything he knew or anything he had done. He was just there, in the wrong spot at the wrong time, and the fact that he was a nice guy with a nice wife and three nice kids didn’t mean one scream in hell to the jackals who had ganged together to pull him down. And they got him, crushed him to hamburger, and walked away counting their change. But one thing they never could have figured... Tush Bannon was Travis McGee’s friend

The incomparable Travis McGee is back in a brand-new adventure! Poking around where he’s not wanted — as usual — McGee delves into the mystery of a rich and beautiful wanton who happens to be losing her mind, a little piece at a time. As he probes, he uncovers some of the strange corruptions that simmer behind the respectable facade of a quiet Florida town