First published 1996
Travis McGee takes on what seems like a straightforward job: locate a wealthy friend's stolen yacht. The search pulls him into the violent world of international cocaine trafficking, where he faces the most dangerous criminals of his career. Someone begins leaving cat-shaped pipe cleaners at his door, a mystery that deepens as McGee navigates through drug dealers and assassins. For the first time, McGee confronts his own aging and mortality while dodging bullets and uncovering betrayals. The strange gifts left at his houseboat hold a shocking secret that will change everything he thought he knew about his past. McGee must survive long enough to solve both mysteries: who wants him dead, and what the peculiar tokens really mean.
Genres: adventure, mystery, crime, thriller, action
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: amateur-sleuth, unreliable-narrator
320 pages · Mass Market Paperback · Random House Publishing Group
Content warnings: violence