Used in good condition: cover has some wear; pages have some wear. ISBN 067187280x
Ely's first novel pits Jake Sands—a Travis McGee wannabe with the habits (jogging, weight training, sensitivity) of a Santa Barbara Spenser—against whoever killed his Coco Palms neighbor Wendell Leeds; Katherine Burley's missing husband, Greg; and Toni Spence, the woman Greg called just before he disappeared. To find the connection among the deaths, Jake—assisted by crippled restaurateur Jason Meddler and omnivorous, laid-back sheriff's investigator Tex Flanagan—will have to sit through a meeting of the Coco Palms Homeowners' Association, bring up a coded book from an undersea cave, and nose out the links between high-stepping Texas politico David Lee Garrison and departed gang lord Sam Giancana. If this doesn't sound like enough action, a high-mortality finale features jujitsu, zenkutsu-dachi, and some primo shooting. Solid mid-grade entertainment for John D. MacDonald fans. First of a series, though Ely plots as recklessly as if he had to fit the whole series between these covers. Kirkus Reviews
