In the sequel to 7,000 Clams, former bootlegger Frank Hearn arrives in 1920s Miami, where he confronts corrupt real-estate sharks, crooked cops, a suspicious fiancée, and film star Gloria Swanson while struggling to prove himself innocent of his partner's murder, avoid a federal investigator, and hunt for buried treasure in the Everglades. 20,000 first printing.

When Frank Hearn, a down-on-his-luck bootlegger and tough guy looking to score big in 1920s America, gets his hand on a handwritten IOU for $7000 signed by Babe Ruth, he embarks on an odyssey from New Jersey to St. Petersburg, Florida, where the Yankees are about to begin spring training, in order to convince the Babe to give him the money. A first novel. Reprint. 12,500 first printing.