Unjustly accused by her brother, Anna Wells is banished from her home in bitterly cold Michigan and set adrift to paradise. St. Augustine, Florida, greets her with a new home, scarlet bougainvillea, Spanish moss, deception, art theft, assassins, and murders. In a few days, Anna becomes a reluctant sleuth when she is embroiled in the twists and turns that surround her at Safety Harbor Marina and Thoberry's Bookshop.