Very disappointed with this--I know it is set in older times, lots of smoking, drinking and no cell phones BUT it just seemed every page was filled with descriptions galore and no enough 'story', it describes every Miami scene you can imagine, the sun, the beach, the house, the clubs, swimming pools, and everything they wear and I mean everything. For the story? I didn't think much of it at all, I used to read Mike Hammer back in the 60's but it's lost interest in 'modern' times compared now to the authors that do suspense/thriller and this one doesn't have that.