Basil Copper published 52 Mike Faraday PI novels, basing his detective in Los Angeles. This book takes Faraday away from the gritty city and neon avenues to a vacation in the Bahamas - a vacation with his secretary, Stella. Amidst the sun and the surf, Faraday isn't bored. How could he be when the femme fatales are blondes in polka dot bikinis? And dead men start turning up on beaches?
This is a terrific, fast reading adventure that starts out languid like a Caribbean afternoon but really picks up in intensity through the the book with plenty of intrigue, adventure, fights, hoods, mysterious strangers, and even buried treasure.
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