Honey Santana -self-proclaimed queen of lost causes - has a Plan. Shes working on a scheme to help rid the world of irresponsibility, indifference and dinner-time telemarketers. Shes also taking part-time telephonist Boyd Shreve and his less-than-enthusiastic mistress to Dismal Key - one of the Everglades Ten ThousandIslands - for a gentle lesson in civility. What Honey d Honey Santana -self-proclaimed queen of lost causes - has a Plan. Shes working on a scheme to help rid the world of irresponsibility, indifference and dinner-time telemarketers. Shes also taking part-time telephonist Boyd Shreve and his less-than-enthusiastic mistress to Dismal Key - one of the Everglades Ten ThousandIslands - for a gentle lesson in civility. What Honey doesnt know is that lurking in the islands undergrowth is Sammy Tigertail, half-blood Seminole Indian and wholly failed alligator wrestler, with death on his mind; and Honeys deranged co-worker, Louis Piejack, now with most of his fingers surgically mis-attached to the wrong knuckles, and intent on revenge. A holiday to die for? In Hiaasens extraordinary universe, anything can happen ...