Scavenger Reef — Laurence Shames

WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE ...

What is an Augie Silver painting worth? It depends. Dead, the Key West artist is hot. Alive ... that's another story Augie's grieving widow wants her husband back. A down-and-out wharf rat could turn Augie's paintings into a ship of his own. A poseur in hock to the mob, a poet going off the deep end, and Augie's New York agent all have very good reasons--money reasons--hoping Augie stays dead and the price of his art goes through the roof.

Some say Augie drowned in a shipwreck out past Scavenger Reef. Some say he's alive, a Lazarus returned from the dead and ready to paint again. And the ones who really know--they know this: if Augie Silver's not dead yet, he better get dead soon...