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Sashi Burgette vanished three years ago on her way to school. The night after the teenager's disappearance, ex-con Dylan Kyle was stopped for drunk driving. An article of Sashi's clothing was found in his truck, and a police videotape of his drunken explanation under interrogation sealed his fate at trial. Now, just days from Kyle's execution, Sashi's mother visits Jack Swyteck, doing pro bono work at the Freedom Institute, and delivers shocking news:...
2) Seaview Inn
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Seaview Key volume 1
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New York PR exec Hannah Mathews is in remission from the same disease that claimed her mother's life months before: breast cancer. She heads south in an attempt to persuade her 85-year-old grandma, Jenny, to sell the Seaview Inn, the Florida Keys resort owned by her family for decades, and move into a retirement home.
3) Duma Key
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After a crane crushes his truck, millionaire Edgar Freemantle launches a new life. His wife asked for a divorce after he stabbed and tried to strangle her one-handed (he lost his arm and for a time his rational brain in the accident). He leaves Minnesota for remote Duma Key, Florida, which is owned by Elizabeth Eastlake, an octogenarian with a tragic past. When Edgar begins to paint, his talent seems to come from outside him, and the paintings have...
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[2022].
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"For fans of Riley Sager with a classic slasher twist, Always the First to Die follows a former horror movie actress as she returns to the set of her most iconic film, only to find that the strange circumstances begin to resemble the plot of her most famous film. After her husband's death, Lexi has refused to return to the Pinecrest Estate on the Florida Keys, too many hard memories on that strip of land. Memories of meeting her husband on the set...
5) The island
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Modern-day piracy, decomposing human remains and a swanky Miami yacht club set the mood for this thriller when, during a weekend camp-out on isolated Calliope Key, Beth Anderson and her 14-year-old niece, Amber, stumble on a half-buried human skull
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Little Bridge Island volume 2
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As Little Bridge Island Public Library's head of children's services, Molly Montgomery hopes the messiest thing in her life will be her sticky-note covered desk. But fate, in the form of a newborn left in the restroom, has other ideas. So does the sheriff who comes to investigate the "abandonment.".
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Skink novels (Carl Hiaasen) volume 2
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Ex-reporter Joe Winder had been working in the public relations department of a sleazy family entertainment park, The Amazing Kingdom of Thrills, when he chanced upon a news-breaking story inspired by the disappearance of two blue-tongued voles and the bizarre death of Orky, the killer whale
8) Deep shadow
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Doc Ford novels volume 17
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[2010]
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Two low-life ex-cons, King and Perry, are on the lam after killing a family of five in a burglary. They end up in Doc's neck of the woods, or rather his neck of the swamp, in central Florida. Doc; his boat-bum hipster pal, Tomlinson; troubled Indian teen Will Chaser, and Arlis Futch, a crusty old fisherman, have arrived at a small lake, which they intend to search for Batista's treasure plane, which disappeared in 1958 while flying the ex-dictator's...
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Thorn novels volume 3
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[1994]
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In the process of investigating the death of his girlfriend, Dick Thorn stumbles on a plot which threatens environmental disaster. A demented fish farmer in Florida is breeding killer fish to wipe out marine life.
10) Dead Silence
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Doc Ford novels volume 16
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Winter in New York City: Doc Ford is at the Explorers Club. He foils an abduction attempt on a senator, but the companion in her car is snatched-- and buried alive, leading to a series of remakable twists and revelations.
11) Wisteria Island
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[2021]
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"She's running from the most embarrassing moment of her life when she finds herself smack dab in the middle of an island full of misfit old people. Danielle Wright has had an illustrious career as a nurse, but when the unthinkable happens, she has nowhere to run to get out of the gaze of prying eyes and judgmental people. When she takes a job as the nurse for Wisteria Island, she has no clue what she's agreeing to. The brainchild of a wealthy entrepreneur,...
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Boxcar children volume 41
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c1994
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While visiting the Florida Keys, the Aldens encounter suspicious characters, strange incidents at night, and a plot to steal valuable coral.
13) Torpedo juice
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Serge Storms novels volume 7
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[2005]
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Since it's always a good idea to fly under police radar, Serge figures the Keys are just the place to lie low. Plus, he has two missions to accomplish--re-invent himself and get married, although he hasn't picked the lucky lady yet. But what he doesn't know is that enough serial and spree killers are headed his way to have a parade of psychopaths. Are the Keys big enough for all the lunatics?
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Serge Storms novels volume 25
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"Serge A. Storms and his permanently baked sidekick, Coleman, have decided to pump the brakes and live on island time. After years of manic road tripping across their beloved Sunshine State, the irrepressible anti-heroes drop anchor in the Florida Keys. They settle down in Pelican Bay, a thriving condo complex with scenic views and friendly neighbors. But the community is at war with investors who are buying up units and leasing them to young vacationers...
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Thorn novels volume 8
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Thorn and Alexandra Rafferty team up in a desperate struggle for survival when a sadistic modern-day pirate, Vic, tries to kill Thorn for having once had a relationship with Anne Joy, the pirate's sister
16) Stranded
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1996,c1995
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Twelve-year-old Koby, who has lost a foot in an accident, sees a chance to prove her self-reliance to her parents when she tries to rescue two stranded pilot whales near her home in the Florida Keys.
18) Treasure tracks
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2022.
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Twelve-year-old Fin drags his reluctant father on a diving hunt for a missing treasure, hoping that finding the family legacy will help his ailing Abuelo.
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Serge Storms novels volume 7
Pub. Date
c2005
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Serge Storms, the nutty serial killer from Dorsey's previous novels, has gotten it into his head to search for Mrs. Right. His quest takes him to the underbelly of the Florida Keys, where he finds unlikely true love the minute he spots mousy librarian Molly. But even marriage can't tame Dorsey's hyperactive antihero, whose extracurricular activities of murder and cult organizing eventually lead to a clash with an Enron-like CEO eager to rebuild the...