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Chipset

Chipset
  • Author(s): Lior Samson
  • Location(s): Florida, Madeira, Poland
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern and WW2

What could be dangerous about the idyllic, picturesque island of Madeira? Madeira, a Portuguese island in the Atlantic, would seem to be a perfect destination for technology journalist Karl Lustig and his wife, Shira Markham. But, Karl, on his...

Epiphany

Epiphany
  • Author(s): Susan Slater
  • Location(s): Florida
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): Modern

It’s Christmas in St. Augustine, where Dan and Elaine Mahoney are taking an extended honeymoon. But not all is sunny in Florida when Dan’s company sends him to investigate the theft of 1.2 million dollars’ worth of religious relics...

Fair Play

Fair Play
  • Author(s): Gunnar Angel Lawrence
  • Location(s): Orlando
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

Detective Paul Friedman awakes to a disturbing phone call from his former partner. Officer Glenn Kelley has been abducted. Or, has he? Kelley’s mistake during an arrest may have guaranteed the release of child molester and murderer Jasper Davis....

Harry Lipkin P.I.

Harry Lipkin P.I.
  • Author(s): Barry Fantoni
  • Location(s): Miami
  • Genre(s): Crime
  • Era(s): Modern

Harry Lipkin is a tough-talking, soft-chewing, rough-around-the-edges, slow-around-the-corners private investigator who carries a .38 along with a spare set of dentures. Harry specializes in the sort of cases that cops can’t be bothered with, but knows where to find...

Hemingway’s Girl

Hemingway’s Girl
  • Author(s): Erika Robuck
  • Location(s): Key West
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1930s

Ernest Hemingway, his second wife, Pauline, (who followed on after Hadley) and their two sons have come to live in Key West. Mariella Bennet, an 18 year old young woman comes to works as a maid in the Hemingway...

King of Cuba

King of Cuba
  • Author(s): Cristina Garcia
  • Location(s): Havana, Miami
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern looking back

El Comandante, an aging Castro-like dictator shambles about his mansion in Havana, visits a dying friend, tortures hunger strikers in one of his prisons, and grapples with the stale end of his life that is as devoid of grandeur...

Love Game

Love Game
  • Author(s): Emma Rae
  • Location(s): Miami, Wimbledon
  • Genre(s): Romance, Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Can a player on the court be a keeper at home? Elle’s love language is food. But finding the right kind of work in her industry is difficult. After multiple different stints and temporary work, she lands her dream...

Maribelle’s Shadow

Maribelle’s Shadow
  • Author(s): Susannah Marren
  • Location(s): Palm Beach
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

The only thing that spreads faster than gossip in Palm Beach is news of a mysterious death. Maribelle, the eldest of the three Barrows sisters, deserves to be envied. Not only for her plum position as editorial director of...

Miami Blues

Miami Blues
  • Author(s): Charles Willeford
  • Location(s): Miami
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 20th Century

Ex-con Freddy ‘Junior’ Frenger lands in Miami with three stolen wallets and plans for a new life of crime, and leaves the airport with a snatched suitcase and the corpse of a Hare Krishna behind him. Homicide detective Hoke...

Miami Noir

Miami Noir
  • Author(s): Les Standiford
  • Location(s): Miami
  • Genre(s): Crime, Short Stories
  • Era(s): Various

A host of new noir talents reveal the dark and delicious side of paradise. From its earliest days as a raw-boned settlement to the contemporary landscape of palms, towering condos and bikinis, Miami has always been a beacon for...

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