A toss-up of good and evil surrounded by breathtaking beauty and ugly surprises - a compelling history of one family and all the people affected by them unfolds in beautiful South Florida and the Florida Keys. Sunshine, a bookshop, and a murder seduce three retired professors into becoming detectives. Minnesota, Iowa, Philadelphia and Baltimore add spice to the plot. South Florida and the Florida Keys are Paradise. Like roses, Paradise has many thorns. None of the thorns are prickly enough to be worth leaving alone. Challenge and pain are worth writing about, thinking about, and breathing in and out on a daily basis. A corrupt Condo is the setting for a murder and other mayhem. Many a new Floridian is shocked by the beauty of Florida and the ugliness of power. Our characters explore all motives and opportunities for accepting the culture shock they travel through together.