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1) Sucker bet
Author
Series
Tony Valentine mysteries volume 3
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
304 p. ; 25 cm.
3) The yearling
Author
Series
Description
A young boy living in the Florida backwoods is forced to decide the fate of a fawn he has lovingly raised as a pet.
4) Night moves
Author
Series
Doc Ford novels volume 20
Pub. Date
2013
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Description
Unsure if he or his friend Tomlinson was the target of a recent murder attempt, Doc Ford continues investigating a near-poisoning, a plane crash, and an explosion off Sanibel Island .
Author
Series
American legends collection volume 4
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Description
A Florida rancher recounts his experiences during a life-risking cattle drive in Florida that is shaped by a gang of desperadoes who pillage and set fire to his family ranch before taking a young woman hostage.
7) Dark light
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Series
Doc Ford novels volume 13
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In the aftermath of a massive hurricane off the coast of Florida, an elderly woman seeks Doc Ford's assistance in combing the reshaped ocean bottom for evidence that would exonerate a loved one for alleged activities during World War II.
Author
Series
Maggie O'Dell novels volume 8
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
262 p. : maps ; 25 cm.
Description
When the Coast Guard finds a murdered body in the Gulf of Mexico while preparing for a Category 5 hurricane, Special Agent Maggie O'Dell places herself in the path of the deadly storm to track down the victim's identity and killer.
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"As the Civil Rights movement begins to reach the black enclave of Frenchtown in segregated Tallahassee, Elwood Curtis takes the words of Dr. Martin Luther King to heart: He is "as good as anyone." Abandoned by his parents, but kept on the straight and narrow by his grandmother, Elwood is about to enroll in the local black college. But for a black boy in the Jim Crow South of the early 1960s, one innocent mistake is enough to destroy the future. Elwood...
12) Hothouse orchid
Author
Series
Holly Barker novels volume 6
Description
Special Agent Holly Barker returns to her hometown of Orchid Beach, Florida, and faces off against an old nemesis--the man she brought charges against for sexual harassment, attempted rape, and rape. The army officer in question was acquitted of all charges, and is now Orchid Beach's new police chief. Will Holly return to the CIA? Or will she challenge her old nemesis for control of the Orchid Beach Police Department?
13) Flashback
Author
Series
Anna Pigeon mysteries volume 11
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
14 CDs (16 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
14) Night vision
Author
Series
Doc Ford novels volume 18
Description
When a local teen from a trailer park being targeted by powerful developers witnesses their hired gun committing a murder, her only hope for survival falls in the hands of Doc Ford and Tomlinson, who undertake a search through the underground in the hopes of finding her first.
Author
Series
Piper Reed volume 1
Publisher
H. Holt
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
146 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Description
Piper is sad about leaving her home and friends behind when her father, a Navy aircraft mechanic, is transferred yet again, but with help from her often-annoying sisters and a surprise from their parents, she finds happiness in their new home in Pensacola, Florida.
17) With teeth
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"Working from home in the close quarters of their Florida house, Sammie lives with one wary eye peeled on Samson, a sullen, unknowable boy who resists her every attempt to bond with him. Uncertain in her own feelings about motherhood, she tries her best--driving, cleaning, cooking, prodding him to finish projects for school--while growing increasingly resentful of Monika, her confident but absent wife. As Samson grows from feral toddler to surly teenager,...
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
viii, 208 p. ; 21 cm.
Description
Harry Lipkin, the world's oldest private investigator, takes on the case of Norma Weinberger, a wealthy woman whose belongings are being pilfered by one of her staff, people she employs, trusts, cares for, and treats like family.
19) The killing edge
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Florida psychologist Chloe Marin and Luke Cane, a British ex-cop-turned-P.I. investigating the disappearance of a young swimsuit model on behalf of her father, have trouble trusting each other, even though they are attracted to one another and have the same hunch that a killer is using a modeling agency to stalk his prey. When Chloe arrives late for an appointment at the modeling agency, she discovers a gruesome mass murder eerily similar to one she...
20) Blow fly
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Series
Kay Scarpetta mysteries volume 12
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Description
Leaving Virginia in search of peace and quiet, Dr. Kay Scarpetta journeys to Florida, where a series of baffling murders entangles her in an international conspiracy that confronts her with the most unexpected circumstance of her life.
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