Johnny Edwards is fishing when he gets Tonyās letter from Cuba. Tony is in trouble and urgently needs Johnny down in Havana. But Johnny stallsāashamed to admit to his former war buddy that he has been living a life of indifferent ease and indulgenceāand when he does arrive, he finds Tony has just been murdered. His boredom replaced with thoughts of revenge, Johnny decides to try and find the murderer himself. And thatās when he runs into Ellen McCarterātrim, slim, with sun-streaked hairāa helluva distraction. But not enough to sidetrack Johnny, who continues to follow the murdererās trail up to Fort Myers, Florida...where the first person he runs into is slim, trim Ellen!