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Meet Dexter, a polite wolf in sheep’s clothing . . . a monster who cringes at the site of blood . . . a serial killer whose one golden rule makes him immensely likable: he only kills bad people . Dexter Morgan isn’t exactly the kind of man you’d bring home to Mom. Though he’s playful and has a wonderfully ironic sense of humor, Dexter’s one character flaw (his proclivity for murder) can be off-putting. But at... (more)

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)

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)

Dexter: Book 4

Dexter by Design

by Jeff Lindsay

The macabre, witty New York Times bestselling series (and inspiration for the #1 Showtime series, Dexter) continues as our darkly lovable killer matches wits with a sadistic artiste —who is creating bizarre murder tableaux of his own all over Miami. After his surprisingly glorious honeymoon in Paris, life is almost normal for Dexter Morgan. Married life seems to agree with him: he’s devoted to his bride,... (more)

Jack Swyteck: Book 6

When Darkness Falls

by James Grippando

In the latest novel from this bestselling author, lawyer Jack Swyteck tackles a case in which the life of his best friend hangs in the balance - and in which nothing is as it seems. A Miami criminal defense attorney, Swyteck isn't looking for a new client, at least not one who is homeless and in jail for threatening to jump off a bridge. But from the moment Jack is called to defend the man, who goes by the name... (more)

Miami

by Joan Didion

It is where Fidel Castro raised money to overthrow Batista and where two generations of Castro's enemies have raised armies to overthrow him, so far without success. It is where the bitter opera of Cuban exile intersects with the cynicism of U.S. foreign policy. It is a city whose skyrocketing murder rate is fueled by the cocaine trade, racial discontent, and an undeclared war on the island ninety miles to the... (more)

Anansi Boys

by Neil Gaiman

Fat Charlie Nancy's normal life ended the moment his father dropped dead on a Florida karaoke stage. Charlie didn't know his dad was a god. And he never knew he had a brother. Now brother Spider's on his doorstep&#8212about to make Fat Charlie's life more interesting . . . and a lot more dangerous.

Love Kills: A Britt Montero Novel

by Edna Buchanan

"Where the hell is Britt Montero?" So says Sgt. Craig Burch of Miami's Cold Case Squad at the end of the first chapter of Edna Buchanan's new novel, Love Kills. So have readers been wondering since reporter Britt Montero vanished after her lover, homicide cop Kendall McDonald, was killed three books ago in Buchanan's The Ice Maiden. When a bulldozer in the Everglades unearths the skull of an infamous... (more)

Jack Swyteck: Book 7

Last Call

by James Grippando

A kid from Miami's meanest streets, Theo Knight lost his mother to a violent crime. He was on Death Row for a murder he didn't commit when lawyer Jack Swyteck proved him innocent. Now they are best friends. Theo is a semi-respectable and successful bar owner, but the past, with its risks and its terrors, has come knocking on his back door. An escaped convict from the old neighborhood wants sanctuary, and in return... (more)

King of Swords

by Nick Stone

Miami, 1981. Cocaine Central. Murder Capital, USA. A man about to face evil. A city about to catch fire. When Detective Max Mingus and his partner, Joe Liston, are called to the scene of a death at Miami's Primate Park, it looks like another routine—if slightly bizarre—investigation. That is, until two things turn up: the victim's family, slaughtered, and a partly digested tarot card in the dead man's... (more)

Lying with Strangers

by James Grippando

Peyton Shields had known from the time she was a child that she wanted to be a doctor. Now, she's in her first year or residency at a major Boston children's hospital. She's made it to the top through relentless drive, stellar academic credentials, and a mountain of debt to Harvard Medical School. She's working impossibly long hours but she has the life she wants, and that includes being happily married to an... (more)

Sex and the South Beach Chicas

by Caridad Scordato

ONE SEXY CITY . . . FOUR BEST FRIENDS . . . ONE SURPRISE ELOPEMENT . . . FOUR MORE MOJITOS, POR FAVOR! When Tori got lucky, she never imagined that her birthday fling would last longer than one night. But this papi chulo turns out to be "the one," and they quickly decide to elope. . . . Sylvia has one of the hottest careers in town reporting on Miami's nightlife. But when Tori makes her shocking announcement... (more)

Garden of Evil: A Britt Montero Novel (Britt Montero Mysteries)

Garden of Evil: A Britt Montero Novel (Britt Montero Mysteries)

by Edna Buchanan

In the intense heat of an oppressive Miami summer, crime reporter Britt Montero is ice cold, her writing relegated to the inner pages of the daily that employs her. But now there's a hot story she's just dying to get her hands on. A female serial slayer is luring men with sex, then mutilating and murdering them with a bullet that bears traces of her lipstick. Dubbed the "Kiss Me Killer," she has already murdered a... (more)

Margin of Error

by Edna Buchanan

Researching his role as an undercover government agent posing as a reporter takes a Hollywood movie star into Britt's life. But an obsessed fan stalks the star, and mysterious accidents, mishaps and deaths push the production over-budget. Who is trying to sabotage the film and murder the star? In a thrilling climax, he and Britt are cornered by killers in the dark bowels of the newspaper's vast press room, and the... (more)

Act of Betrayal

by Edna Buchanan

In a fourth Britt Montero mystery set against a backdrop of one of Miami's most terrifying hurricanes, Britt finds clues to the Cuban killer who had betrayed her father. Reprint. NYT. "

Nobody Lives Forever

by Edna Buchanan

Investigating the murders of his next-door neighbors, the latest victims in a serial killing spree, Miami homicide detective Rick Barrish is aided by two other detectives, one his former lover, in finding the culprit. Reprint. LJ.

Pulse

by Edna Buchanan

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for her crime reporting, Edna Buchanan now occupies a place of honor in the pantheon of American suspense novelists; a master storyteller whose chillingly inventive plots hold a reader spellboound from the opening word. Frank Douglas has everything to live for. But someone else had to die first. If Daniel Alexander had not committed suicide, Miami businessman Frank Douglas would never... (more)

You Only Die Twice: A Novel

by Edna Buchanan

What was the nude, recently slain body of Kaithlin Jordan doing spoiling the pristine turquoise waters of Miami Beach -- especially when the dead socialite's convicted killer husband is sitting on Death Row for having murdered her... ten years ago! Reporter Britt Montero lives for this kind of story. But she may die for this one as well. Because each question raises many others -- and every hard-won answer... (more)

What They Want: A Novel

by Omar Tyree

From the "New York Times" best-selling author, comes another classic human case study. Successful male model, Terrance Mitchell, had no plan at all to ever settle down. Being single was freedom, where relationships were bonds, nor did he have any plans for a family. Terrance loves his life as it is - he is well-travelled, a good-looking male model in an industry full of insatiable women and they all loved him.... (more)

Drop Dead Gorgeous

by Heather Graham

From New York Times bestselling author Heather Graham comes a romantic suspense thriller! After being acquitted of murdering his high school girlfriend 15 years ago, a man returns to Miami. While there, he encounters another former girlfriend and discovers that they still share feelings for one another. But before the couple can rekindle their relationship, they must confront the past. Old high school... (more)

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