The second book in the Rod Gentry series. Set in the land of sunshine on the sparkling waters of the Indian River of coastal Florida. A clever young real estate operator fights to rehabilitate a small but potentially beautiful marina, the "hurricane hole" sought by boats when wild winds rage. Rod Gentry battles sabotage, arson, and a crooked county commissioner to make a name for the marina and enough money to fulfill his wife's hopes of building a new children's home. The blond-haired orphan waif Rachel, in a wheelchair, inspires him to reach higher than he ever thought of reaching.

(Hardcover) In this book Ed Clark tells stories he remembers hearing from his grandparents as well as those from his own 63 years in Florida. A third generation Floridian, he brings to the reader the humor and perspective of old Florida before superhighways, chain stores and concrete block houses.

When his protege Alan Brandon disappears and the body is found mutilated, everyone concludes that Iron Joe Suarez' 'son' is dead-except Iron Joe. Alan Brandon is worth a million dollars a year to the Hatchet gang. So Joe calls on the best skip tracer in South Florida to find the truth. Molly Orwell, ex-policewoman and finder of missing persons, will take on the job, at the risk of "getting my head blow off." What Iron Joe doesn't know is that Molly has strong feelings for Alan Brandon. She locates him only to find out he is infatuated with another woman. If she tells Joe where Alan is, he is...