I'm working my way through John D. MacDonald's "Travis McGee" series again. As a kid, I read all 21 of them. In my opinion, it's the greatest mystery series ever written. Set in South Florida at the time they were written (the '60s and '70s), the series encapsulates and portends the incessant development in the state of Florida, both pre and post Disney. The subject matter is a bit antiquated, and Travis's macho, manly-man attitude may be off-putting to the post feminist crowd, but it's still wildly entertaining and exceptionally well written. Besides, who wouldn't want to live on a house boat in Fort Lauderdale?