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A Christmas Star

A Christmas Star
  • Author(s): Judith Keim
  • Location(s): Gulf Coast
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Two years ago, Noelle North’s then-fiancé left her waiting at the church on Christmas—her wedding day and birthday. Two years later, she knows she cannot endure another holiday season at home in Boston. At the urging of four women...

A Cold, Hard Case

A Cold, Hard Case
  • Author(s): Dan Petrosini
  • Location(s): Naples Florida
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
  • Era(s): Present day

Half of the time, the killer gets away…and the case goes cold. Detective Luca knows there are hundreds, if not thousands of killers out there. When he receives a strange call about an unsolved murder, the evil that struck...

Abundance

Abundance
  • Author(s): Hafeez Lakhani
  • Location(s): Miami
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Two generations of a Muslim Indian family grapple with what parts of life we control and what we must humbly accept in pursuit of the American dream–for readers of Min Jin Lee, Mohsin Hamid, and Ayad Akhtar In suburban...

Adrift in the Gulf Stream

Adrift in the Gulf Stream
  • Author(s): Marvin Cook
  • Location(s): Straights of Florida, Caribbean, Cuba (Republic of), The Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago
  • Genre(s): Thriller, Adventure, Crime
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Matey, a Cuban fugitive, escapes his captors, but is alone in the Gulf Stream. A sequel to Across Florida Straits, this book continues the story of Matvey, thief of antiquities and wanted for assault by Cuban authorities. His journey...

Alcatraz: The Last Escape

Alcatraz:  The Last Escape
  • Author(s): Ken Widner, Mike Lynch
  • Location(s): San Francisco, Brazil, Florida
  • Genre(s): Crime, Historical
  • Era(s): 1960s

When Frank Morris and brothers John and Clarence Anglin boldly escaped from Alcatraz prison on June 11, 1962, it is widely believed that they succumbed to the waters of San Francisco Bay, though no trace of the men has...

Along the Infinite Sea

Along the Infinite Sea
  • Author(s): Beatriz Williams
  • Location(s): Florida, French Riviera (Cote d'Azur)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1960s/1930s

Decadent and evocative storytelling at its very best., by NEW YORK TIMES bestseller, Beatriz Williams 1966, Florida Pepper Schuyler is the kind of woman society loves and loves to talk about – a dazzling being who men watch across...

Bad Ground

Bad Ground
  • Author(s): Rodney Romig
  • Location(s): Florida, Bulgaria, Colombia, Nebraska
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): Today

Dido Book knocked on Dan Trix’s door in Sarasota. Dido was a home handyman Trix met while doing expert witness work for the Jonsons in Lincoln, NE. Marietta Jonson had been killed and Trix was a consultation for the...

Banyan Moon

Banyan Moon
  • Author(s): Thao Thai
  • Location(s): Florida, Vietnam
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Present back to the 1960s

A sweeping, evocative debut novel following three generations of Vietnamese American women reeling from the death of their matriarch, revealing the family’s inherited burdens and buried secrets. When Ann Tran gets the call that her beloved grandmother, Minh, has...

Barefoot in the Rain

Barefoot in the Rain
  • Author(s): Roxanne St. Claire
  • Location(s): Florida
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): Modern

They say you can never go home again . . . When “Life Coach to the Stars” Jocelyn Bloom is embroiled in scandal, the only place she can hide is the one place she wishes she could forget. She...

Black Coral

Black Coral
  • Author(s): Andrew Mayne
  • Location(s): Florida
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

For a police diver in Florida, solving a cold-case mystery brings a serial killer out of hiding in a deep, dark thriller by the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Naturalist. Sloan McPherson and the Underwater Investigation Unit...

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