In the late 1970s, the "houseboat wars" erupt in Sausalito. Hippies and squatters living on houseboats in a shantytown resist eviction with street theater, civil disobedience, and more. Then someone gets stabbed.

John Byrne Barry is a writer, designer, actor, director, and crossing guard. He is author of four novels and three plays, including "Sausalypso Houseboat Wars Murder Mystery," from which this novel was adapted. He lives in Mill Valley, California, with his wife and family.