This is the first of the Travis Mc Gee books, set around Ft. Lauderdale, where Travis docks his boat, The Busted Flush. He gets involved in the lives of a couple of women, all who seem to have been taken in and advantage of by one Junior Allen, definitely a psychopath. Junior first of all steals the inheritance of Kathy Kerr, by wooing her, then taking her money. She is afraid of Junior and ends telling her story to a sympathetic Travis Mc Gee. He learns that Junior has been living the high life, sleeping with a wealthy widow, Lois Atkinson, and parking his new yacht at her boat slip. By the time Travis finds this out, Junior has tossed Lois, after having beaten her as well as sexually abused her.
When Travis finally locates Junior, he's about ready to take off to the Bahamas, with a boat load full of innocent honeys. Travis befriends one, gets invited aboard, and sizes up Junior, realizing at once that he's dangerous, even a psychopath. He finally finagles a way on to the boat, but Junior realizes he's dangerous, hits him over the head knocking him out but not for good. He awakens, surprising Junior, what else, and they fight and eventually Junior gets tangled in the anchor, which eventually pulls him overboard and he drowns, sad but true. Travis eventually recovers some of the stolen money for Kathy Kerr and unfortunately, Lois becomes a victim of Junior, when she tries to save Travis's life when she realizes Junior has found him out. Not my favorite book, Mac Donald's first Travis Mc Gee but you can see the potential is there.
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