A Tan and Sandy Silence
A Tan and Sandy Silence is one of several famous novels featuring Travis McGee, the hard-boiled investigator who lives on a houseboat, from a revered master of crime fiction.
When Travis McGee receives an unexpected visitor—real estate developer Harry Broll, who believes McGee is sheltering his missing wife—he becomes uneasy. Harry fires a shot before McGee can grab his pistol away, enraged and envious. McGee hasn't seen or heard from Mary Broll in three years, and she doesn't keep her problems to herself—if she's still alive to tell them.
McGee is on the verge of a meltdown. He's getting older, Lady Jillian Brent-Archer is attempting to calm him down, and he's recently been shot without warning. McGee, concerned that he's losing his touch, resolves to clear Harry's name and demonstrate that he's still in top form in one fell swoop.
McGee's hunt for Mary leads him to Grenada, where he encounters scam artists and deadly French murders, as well as a myriad of conflicting reasons. McGee has moved on from self-pity and now has more serious worries, such as preserving his own skin.
