New York: William H. Morrow, (1991) dj. Hardcover first edition - Three ordinary American couples - attractive, successful, normal, long time friends - are sailing in the Bahamas when they accidentally come across millions of dollars - and millions of dollars worth of cocaine. It was a drug deal gone bad, but the dealers want their money and drugs back. James Ellroy called this "a brutal exploration of the corrosive effects of greed." 459 pp. ISBN: 0-688086586.