John D. MacDonald

Gretel had discovered the key to McGee - to all of him - and now he had something to hope for. Then, terribly, unexpectedly, she was dead....

He's a beach bum who won his houseboat in a card game. He only works when his cash runs out, and his rule is simple: he'll help you find whatever was taken from you, as long as he can keep half....

Searching for a wealthy friend's yacht, Travis McGee puts himself square in the center of the international cocaine trade, and finds himself the target of some of the most ruthless villains he's ever met....