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  Dexter: Book 3

  Dexter in the Dark

  by Jeff Lindsay

  “One of the most likable vigilante serial killers” ( The New Yorker ) faces his ultimate adversary…an evil so terrifying it scares away Dexter’s inner monster—and nearly dries up his sense of humor—in this wickedly witty, darkly suspenseful novel. In his work as a Miami crime scene investigator, Dexter Morgan is accustomed to seeing evil deeds…particularly because, on occasion, he rather enjoys committing... (more)
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  Valley of Bones

  by Michael Gruber

  The setting is Miami. Rookie cop Tito Morales arrives at the Trianon hotel to investigate a routine disturbance call and, to his shock and horror, watches as a wealthy oil man plunges ten stories and impales himself on a nearby fence. Soon Morales is joined by detective Jimmy Paz, famous throughout the city for solving -- or at least providing a plausible solution to -- the so-called Voodoo Murders that left Miami... (more)
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  Bloody Shame (Lupo Solano Mystery)

  by Carolina Garcia-Aguilera

  With her acclaimed debut mystery Bloody Waters , Carolina Garcia-Aguilera introduced Cuban-born PI Lupe Solano, "a woman to be reckoned with on the mystery scene" ( New York Newsday ). Now the sexy Miami sleuth returns, with a case that strikes dangerously close to home: the investigation of a suspicious car accident that killed her closest childhood friend.
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  Havana Heat: A Lupe Solano Mystery (Lupe Solano Mysteries (Paperback))

  by Carolina Garcia-Aguilera

  Feisty, fiery Cuban-American p.i. Lupe Solana knows her way in and out of every tight corner of her tropical Miami home. But now things are about to get hotter for Lupe than they have ever gotten before. A fabled art masterpiece allegedly left behind in Castro's Cuba has Lupe Solana intrigued -- and contemplating an undercover excursion into the deadly heart of out-of-bounds Havana. But when the murder of a... (more)
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  Bloody Secrets (Lupe Solano Mysteries)

  by Carolina Garcia-Aguilera

  Miami P.I. Lupe Solano has been called "funny, sexy, and Miami-smart" by Nelson DeMille, and "an absolute joy" by The Miami Herald. Now the celebrated sleuth returns. In a sweeping story that takes readers from the last days of Batista's Havana, to the Guantanamo Bay refugee camp, to Miami's high society, Lupe takes the case of a balsero-a refugee who escaped Cuba by raft. Luis is a drifter living in a flophouse,... (more)
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  Bitter Sugar: A Lupe Solano Mystery

  by Carolina Garcia-Aguilera

  The dearest friend of Lupe Solana's beloved "Papi," Ramón Suarez was the owner of a prosperous sugar mill back in Cuba until Castro forced him into exile. Now an unnamed Spanish source wants to purchase the confiscated property at a fraction of its true value. Suarez wants the sexy, smart, hot-tempered South Florida P.I. to find out why, but Ramon's lazy, no-good nephew Alexander just wants to take the money and... (more)
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  Bloody Waters (Lupo Solano Mystery)

  by Carolina Garcia-Aguilera

  Young private investigator Lupe Solano struggles to find the birth mother of an illegally adopted baby who needs a transplant, but when the search gives way to murder, Lupe must uncover the truth before it is too late. Reprint. LJ. K.
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  A Miracle in Paradise: A Lupe Solano Mystery (Lupe Solano Mysteries)

  by Carolina Garcia-Aguilera

  Spirituality has never been Lupe Solano's strong point-unlike her sister Lourdes, a rather unorthodox nun. But the recently transplanted Order of the Illumination of the Sacred Virgin-a sisterhood well-known for having witnessed actual, Vatican-verified miracles- is predicting yet another miraculous event, scheduled to take place in Miami in one month's time. And Lourdes's Mother Superior has enlisted Lupe's... (more)
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  Luck of the Draw: A Novel

  by Carolina Garcia-Aguilera

  Gambling runs through the blood of the Navarro family. And like the luck needed to score big, the Navarro clan will certainly need a lot of it, if they're going to hold themselves together through a hilariously highstakes game of family history and secrets. Having heard her entire life of the lost glory of La Estrella -- "The Star," the name of the casino the Navarro family owned in Havana before Castro took... (more)
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  Tropic of Night

  by Michael Gruber

  "Just when it looks as if detective fiction has plowed every gory, suspenseful possibility, along comes a novel that raises the stakes on the genre. Tropic of Night introduces the killer as enchanter, a conjurer schooled in African sorcery. This witch floats through the story literally unseen by his victims, whom he forces to see and hear only what he wants them to. It's a frightening concept executed with poetic... (more)
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  Night of the Jaguar

  by Michael Gruber

  Deep in the jungles of Colombia, an American priest is shot dead in his makeshift church. A few weeks later an Indian shaman arrives in South Florida, armed only with a bag of totems and the fearsome power of his vengeful god. As a Miami Homicide Detective, Jimmy Paz saw terrible things that defied rationality. Now retired, he's put the darkness behind him. But suddenly he, his wife, and their young... (more)
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  Dexter: Book 2

  Dearly Devoted Dexter

  by Jeff Lindsay

  Life’s tough for Dexter Morgan. It’s not easy being the world’s only serial killer with a conscience, especially when you work for the Miami police. To avoid suspicion, Dexter’s had to slip deep into his disguise: spending time with his girlfriend and her kids, slowly becoming the world’s first serial killing couch potato. Then a particularly nasty psychopath starts cutting a trail through Miami — a killer... (more)