While seeking restitution from the tattoo artist who gave her the wrong tattoo, Desiree Dean, a runaway wealthy kid, accidentally sets his tattoo parlor ablaze, resulting in a mysterious
explosion that destroys the parlor and leaves Desiree in the care of a lesbian clam pirate and the peaceful Florida Gulf Coast fishing village of Cedar Key in an uproar. By the author of Oyster
Blues. Reprint.