Pale Gray For Guilt #9 (Gold Medal, T2136)

Pale Gray For Guilt #9 (Gold Medal, T2136) by John D. MacDonald. mass_market edition. ISBN: 9780449021361.

From the blurb: Tush Bannon was in the way. It wasnt anything he knew of anything he had one. He was just there, in the wrong spot at the wrong time, and the fact that he was a nice guy with a nice wife and three nice kids didnt mean one scream in hell to the jackals who had ganged together to pull him down. And they got him, crushed him to hamburger, and walked away counting their change. But one thing they never could have figured ... Tush Bannon was Travis McGees friend. Here is the 9th Quest of that modern knight-errant in slightly tarnished armor, that amiable Florida boat bum, that left-handed savior of damsels in distress ... Travis McGee.