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21) The killing edge
Author
Publisher
MIRA Books
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
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...
22) The whistler
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Lacy Stoltz is an investigator for the Florida Board on Judicial Conduct. She is a lawyer, not a cop, and it is her job to respond to complaints dealing with judicial misconduct. After nine years with the Board, she knows that most problems are caused by incompetence, not corruption. But a corruption case eventually crosses her desk. A previously disbarred lawyer is back in business with a new identity. He now goes by the name Greg Myers, and he claims...
25) Awaken
Author
Series
Publisher
Point
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"Seventeen-year-old Pierce Oliviera knew by accepting the love of John Hayden, she'd be forced to live forever in the Underworld. But now her happiness and safety are threatened because the Furies have discovered that John has broken one of their strictest rules, and the only way to fix the balance is for someone to die"--Provided by publisher.
26) Tricky business
Author
Publisher
Putnam's
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
A cocktail waitress, a no-talent band, two old men, and a gang of drug smugglers are trapped together aboard a gambling ship off the Florida coast during the worst tropical storm in years, where their lives intersect in unpredictable ways.
27) Predator
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Dr. Kay Scarpetta, working for the National Forensic Academy, joins her colleagues in a bizarre case that leads them on a trail of horrific crimes from Florida to Boston.
28) Nature girl
Author
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Fed up with telemarketers and suffering from manic-depressive illness, Honey Santana plans to teach salesman Boyd Shreave a lesson and arranges a meeting with him in the Florida Everglades, but when she arrives, she realizes she isn't the only one using the remote site to deal with their problems.
29) Lily and Dunkin
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Lily Jo McGrother, born Timothy McGrother, is a girl. But being a girl is not so easy when you look like a boy. Especially when you're in the eighth-grade. Norbert Dorfman, nicknamed Dunkin Dorfman, is bipolar and has just moved from the New Jersey town he's called home for the past thirteen years. This would be hard enough, but the fact that he is also hiding from a painful secret makes it even worse. One summer morning, Lily Jo McGrother meets...
Author
Series
Barefoot William volume 4
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Professional baseball player Halo Todd doesn't like failure, but he can never turn down a challenge. Especially when there's a pretty woman involved. How else would he end up dressed as a rooster, helping a complete stranger compete on a wacky game show? Even when they're eliminated after the first round, Halo isn't about to lose the girl"--
31) Haunted
Author
Series
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
The house is historic, some say haunted. It is also slated to be razed and replaced by condos, unless Hannah Smith can do something about it. She's been hired by a wealthy Palm Beach widow to prove that the house's seller didn't disclose everything he knew about the place when he unloaded it, including its role in a bloody Civil War skirmish (in which two of Hannah's own distant relations had had a part), and the suicides--or where they murders?--of...
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Bethanne Hamlin takes a road trip with her daughter, Annie, and her former mother-in-law, Ruth. They're driving to Florida for Ruth's 50th high school reunion. A long-time widow, Ruth would like very much to reconnect with Royce, the love of her youth. Bethanne's ex-husband, Grant, would like to reconcile, so she also has a major life decision to consider. And Annie is out to prove to her onetime boyfriend that she can live a brilliant life without...
34) First & then
Author
Publisher
Square Fish
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Devon is a high school senior who wonders many things including whether she really wants to go to college; what she can do about her cousin Foster, a freshman who has moved in with her family in Florida; and whether or not she likes Ezra, a stuck-up football star at her school.
35) Silent scream
Author
Series
Publisher
Mira
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"What started as an exploration of the past soon escalates into an all-too-current danger. Someone is watching--someone who really doesn't want Claire digging into the past or Nick making connections to a current, violent murder case he's investigating. The bog's corpses may be long dead, but if Claire and Nick don't figure out who's gunning for a fresh kill, the next bodies to be discovered will be their own"--
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Sixth-grader Theo leaves everything behind to live with his Uncle Chester, a Vietnam War veteran and loner, in Destiny, Florida, but he is drawn to play the piano in Miss Sister's dance school and soon makes friends with the feisty Anabel, a baseball fanatic who invites Theo to help solve a mystery.
37) Abandon
Author
Series
Abandon Trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Point
Pub. Date
2011.
Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
Description
Pierce, trying to unravel the mysterious death of someone close to her, finds herself drawn to a dark stranger, even though she believes he may be a killer.
38) Gone so long
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Daniel Ahearn lives a quiet, solitary existence in a seaside New England town. Forty years ago, following a shocking act of impulsive violence on his part, his daughter, Susan, was ripped from his arms by police. Now in her forties, Susan still suffers from the trauma of a night she doesn't remember, as she struggles to feel settled, to love a man and create something that lasts. Lois, her maternal grandmother who raised her, tries to find peace...
39) Echoes of evil
Author
Series
Publisher
Mira
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Brodie McFadden is supposed to be on vacation, getting some sunshine and deciding if he wants to join his brothers and the Krewe of Hunters, a special paranormal investigation unit of the FBI. But a diving excursion with an old navy buddy to a historic shipwreck uncovers a crime scene - and the corpse is new. Museum curator Dakota "Kody" McCoy just wants her Key West culture festival to succeed. She's always had a deep connection to her home, including...
Author
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Allie is still recovering from the loss of her family's beloved waterfront restaurant on Florida's Gulf Coast when she loses her second husband to a terrifying highway accident. Devastated and losing hope, she shudders to contemplate the future-- until a cherished person from her past returns. Joseph has been adrift for many years, wounded in both body and spirit and unable to come to terms with the trauma of his Vietnam War experiences. Just as...
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