 Except there was another woman involved, a lovely, longing, tender woman whose life was slowly draining away into disaster..."

The title phrase, "The Quick Red Fox" is mentioned at two places in the book referred to Lysa Dean, the movie star that Travis McGee is employed to.The first mention on page 16 reads, "With her head slightly bowed, looking up at me through her lashes, the gold-red weight of hair at the right side of her face had swung slightly forward.Suddenly I knew what she reminded me of.