From a beloved master of crime fiction, The Girl in the Plain Brown Wrapper is one of many classic novels featuring Travis McGee, the hard-boiled detective who lives on a houseboat. He had done a big favor for her husband, then for the lady herself. Now...
A Travis McGee mystery. McGee is a salvage expert and boat bum, not a social worker, but he has fond memories of Helena Pearson. Besides, he can't return her cheque and turn down the request that came with it, because by the time he got them, Helena was already dead.