From best-selling author Barton Grover Howe comes the second installment in his Surfland adventures...

Wild-mannered part-time reporter Jackson Poe doubts the idea of hot fun in the summertime - largely because the third attempt on his life in as many days left him coated in steaming mammal blubber. And that's just his work. On the personal front, Poe's nudist friend caught crabs (two pounds), a narcoleptic dog keeps shedding in his convertible, and his favorite coffee shop hovers on the verge of closing.

Throw in a barista with an attitude - and an underhand to match - and Howe once again shows, with a South Florida style, that it's always more fun to be back on the beach.