Full name: Oyster Blues: A Novel

Author: Michael McClelland Year: 2002 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Mystery Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780743477314 0743477316

Happy" Harry Harper is anything but. He has to get off a Caribbean island quick before someone nails him for a murder that may or may not be his doing. Desperate, he takes a job from two mob goons to sail their boat to Miami with a coffin -- the contents of which are dubious at best. Then he meets Jane Ellen Ashley, a blazing blue-eyed oyster shucker (who also might have accidentally killed somebody), and the trouble really rolls in. They've just stumbled onto a big-money scam involving some very dangerous people -- which puts them on the endangered species list. Now, they're both on the run from...well, pretty much everyone. And while Harry wants to make Jane his catch of the day, Jane wants to save her beloved Apalachicola Bay -- and both of them want to avoid a fatal case of the..."Oyster Blues