Johnny gets a call from Pat McCracken at the Universal Adjustment Bureau. Pat says "Johnny, I believe you spent a couple of weekends down in Sarasota, Florida, earlier this month". Johnny says "Pat, you know darn well I did". Pat asks "Did you have a chance to get in some fishing?" Johnny says "You know darn well I didn't. That's why I've been sitting here dreaming about those lunker bass at the Lake Mojave Resort out in Arizona". Pat says "Oh, what's the matter with Lake Mead? It's just a few miles this side of Las Vegas, Nevada. There are a lot of big ones in that water, I understand". Johnny says "Okay, Pat, you got me all excited. Now, what's it all about?" Pat says "I told you. Fishing". Johnny says "And?" Pat says "That's all, except". Johnny says "Except what?" Pat says "A slight case of murder". Johnny says "All right". Pat says "Now, Johnny, your contact will be Mr. Rosco Trimmer. He's head of the local office of Greater Southwest Insurance and Liability right there in Las Vegas". Johnny says "You said murder. Can you give me any details?" Pat says "No, you'll have to get everything from Trimmer. All I know is there's a twenty thousand dollar policy involved and double indemnity. So, the sooner you get out there, the better". Johnny says "Pat, I'll grab the first plane I can". He caught a plane to New York, and then another to Las Vegas. It was 9:45 PM, Pacific Time, when he got to McCarron Airfield. Early the next morning, Johnny met Rosco Trimmer at the office of Greater Southwest Insurance and Liability. Roscoe says "I'm glad you could make it. I don't like this one at all. How are you?" Johnny says "Hi, Roscoe". He says "Sit down, will you? But not for long. Johnny says "Huh?" Roscoe says "I've arranged a rental car for you. And the sooner you can get over to Lake Mead, the better". Johnny says "Well, just where, Rosco? That's a pretty big lake". Roscoe says "At Overton, a little town about sixty miles northeast of here. The client, Thomas Mayfield Thomas, went out fishing with an old friend from Chicago, and didn't come back".