Galveston p.i. Truman Smith, as reluctant as ever, takes on the search for a missing college student, even though Smith has bad memories of his missing persons cases. Still, when Dino asks, Tru listens.The missing person is a boy who went on spring break and never came home. Right now it appears that he's the lucky one, because as Truman discovers—after he accepts the case, of course—other student isn't just missing...she's dead "For pure fun and sheer entertainment, it doesn't get much better than Crider's Tru Smith stories. Highly recommended". — Booklist "Crider turns out finely crafted, engaging mysteries". — The Armchair Detective