Florida

Florida Mysteries, Suspense and Crimes

*personal favorites

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*Alter, Robert Edmond. Swamp Sister. 1966. Rpt. NY: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, 1993.

Anderson, V.S. Storm Front. NY: Doubleday, 1992.

Ayres, E.C. Hour of the Manatee. NY: St. Martins, 1994.

_____Eye of the Gator. 1995.

Barcomb, Wayne. Blood Tide. Hot House Press, 2003

Bloor, Edward. Tangerine. San Diego: Harcourt Brace, 1997.

Buchanan, Edna. Contents Under Pressure. NY: Hyperion, 1992.

_____Miami, It's Murder. NY: Hyperion, 1994.

_____Suitable for Framing. 1995.

Byers, Betty Bradford. Wired for Murder. Writers Showcase Press, 2002.

Clark, Mary Jane. Nobody Knows. NY: St. Martins, 2002.

Cody, Patrick. A Fool's Death. NY: Crown, 1993.

Crews, Lary. Kill Cue. 1988

_____Extreme Closeup. 1989.

_____Deadly Sacrifice. 1991.

_____Act of Betrayal. 1996.

Date, S.V. Smokeout. NY: Putnam, 2000.

Dees, Marie. Tea and Witchery. Hard Shell Word Factory, 2005.

Delacorta. The Rap Factor. NY: Atlantic, 1993

*Dorsey, Tim. Florida Roadkill. NY: William Morrow, 1999.

_____. Hammerhead Ranch Motel. NY: William Morrow, 2000.

_____. Orange Crush. NY: William Morrow, 2001.

_____. Triggerfish Twist. NY: William Morrow, 2002.

_____. Stingray Shuffle. NY: William Morrow, 2003.

_____. Cadillac Beach. NY: William Morrow, 2004.

Drake, Alison. High Strangeness. NY: Ballantine, 1992.

*Garcia-Aguilera, Carolina. Bloody Waters: A Lupe Solano Mystery. NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1996.

_____Bloody Shame. 1997.

_____ Bloody Secrets. 1998.

_____ A Miracle in Paradise. 1999.

_____ Havana Heat. 2000.

_____ Bitter Sugar. 2001.

_____ One Hot Summer. 2002.

George, Jean Craighead. The Missing 'Gator of Gumbo Limbo: An Ecological Mystery. NY: 
         HarperCollins, 1992.

Grippando, James M. The Pardon. NY: HarperCollins, 1994.

_____The Informant. . NY: HarperCollins, 1996

*Gruber, MichaelTropic of  Night.  NY: HarperTorch, 2003

Hall, James W. Hard Aground. NY: Delacort, 1993.

_____Bones of Coral. 1991.

_____Tropical Freeze. 1989.

_____Paper Products. 1990.

_____Under Cover of Daylight. 1987.

_____Mean High Tide. 1994.

*Hiassen, Carl. Skinny Dip. NY: Knopf, 2004.

_____Basket Case NY: Knopf, 2002.

_____Sick Puppy. NY: Knopf, 2000.

_____Lucky You, NY: Knopf, 1997.

_____Stormy Weather. NY: Knopf, 1995.

_____Strip Tease. NY: Knopf, 1993.

_____Native Tongue. NY: Knopf, 1991.

_____Tourist Season. NY: Putnam's 1986.

_____Skin Tight. NY: Putnam's, 1989.

_____Double Whammy. NY: Putnam's, 1987

*Hiassen, Carl, et. al. Naked Came the Manatee. NY: G.P. Putnam's, 1996. (A collective novel by 8 Florida writers)

Hirschfield, Burt. Key West. NY: Bantam, 1979

Hoyt, Richard, Marimba. NY: Tor, 1992.

Hunt, E. Howard. Islamadora. NY: Donald I. Fine, 1995

Kaminsky, Stuart, ed. Mystery in the Sunshine State: Florida Short Stories. Sarasota: Pineapple, 1999.

*Kaminsky, Stuart. Vengeance: A Lew Fonesca Mystery, NY:  St. Martins Press, 1999

_____ Retribution, Forge, 2002

_____ Midnight Pass. Forge, 2003

Katzenbach, John. In the Heat of the Summer. NY: Atheneum, 1982.

_____The Traveller. NY: Putnam, 1986.

_____Just Cause. NY: Putnam, 1992.

_____The Shadow Man. 1995.

Kelby, N.M. Whale Season. NY: Shaye Areheart/Random House, 2006.

Kling, Christine. Surface Tension. NY: Ballantine, 2002.

_____Cross Current. Ballantine, 2004.

_____Bitter End.  Ballantine, 2005.

King, Jonathon. The Blue Edge of Midnight, Onyx, 2003.

_____ A Visible Darkness. Onyx, 2004.

*____ Shadow Men. Onyx, 2005 .

_____ A Killing Night. NY: Signet, 2006.

Leonard, Elmore. La Brava.  NY: Arbor House, 1983.

_____Stick. NY: Avon, 1983.

_____Glitz. NY: Arbor, 1985.

_____Get Shorty. NY: Delacorte, 1990.

_____Pronto. 1993.

_____Riding the Rap. 1995.

Leslie, John. Killing Me Softly. New York: H. Holt, 1994.

_____Night and Day. 1995.

_____Love for Sale. 1997.

Levine, Paul. Mortal Sin. NY: W. Morrow, 1994.

_____Slashback. 1995.

_____Flesh and Bones. 1997.

Lewis, Catherine. Dry Fire. NY: Norton, 1996.

Lillefors, Jim. Bananaville. NY: St. Martins, 1996.

Lutz, John. Tropical Heat. 1986.

_____The Scorcher. 1987.

_____Kiss. 1988.

_____Flame. 1989.

_____Bloodfire. 1991.

_____Hot. 1992.

_____Spark. 1993.

_____Torch. 1994.

_____Burn. 1995.

_____Lightning. 1996.

MacDonald, John D. 70 books and dozens of stories

MacGregor, T.J., aka Trish Janeschutz MacGregor. Kin Dread.

_____Death Flats Mistress of the Bones. 1995.

_____Vanished

_____Total Silence

_____The Seventh Sense

_____Out of  Sight

_____The Other Extreme

_____The Hanged Man

_____Black Water

_____Category Five. NY: Pinnacle, 2005.

_____Cold as Death

Matturo, Claire Hamner. Skinny-Dipping. NY: William Morrow 2004.

_____Wildcat Wine. NY: William Morrow,  2005

_____Bone Valley. NY: William Morrow, 2006

McBain, Ed. Goldilocks. 1978.

_____Rumpelstiltskin. 1981.

_____Beauty and the Beast. 1982.

_____Jack and the Beanstalk. 1984.

_____Snow White and Rose Red. 1985.

_____Puss in Boots. 1987.

_____Cinderella

_____The House That Jack Built. 1988.

_____Mary, Mary. 1992.

_____Three Blind Mice. 1990.

_____There Was a Little Girl. 1994.

_____Gladly the Cross-Eyed Bear. 1996.

Michaels, Grant. Time to Check Out. NY: St. Martins, 1996.

Morris, Bob. Jamaica Me Dead. NY: St. Martins/Minotaur, 2005

______ Bahamarama. NY: St. Martins/Minotaur, 2004

Nehrbass, Arthur F. Dead Easy. NY: Dutton, 1992

Norman, Geoffrey. Blue Chipper: A Morgan Hunt novel. NY: Morrow, 1992. (M)

_____Deep End. NY: W. Morrow, 1994.

O'Sullivan, Maurice and Steve Glassman, eds. Orange Pulp: Stories of Mayhem, Murder and     
     Mystery. 
Gainesville: UP of Florida, 2001.

Pace, Tom. Afternoon of a Loser. NY: Harper & Row, 1969.

_____The Treasure Hunt. NY: Harper & Row, 1970.

_____Fisherman's Luck. NY: Harper & Row, 1971.

Parker, Barbara. Suspicion of Innocence. NY: Dutton, 1994.

_____Blood Relations. 1996.

Parrish, P.J. (Kristy and Kelly Montee), Paint  It Black, NY: Pinnacle, 2002.

_____Thicker Than Water. NY: Pinnacle, 2003.

_____Island of Bones. NY: Pinnacle, 2004.

Pedrazas, Allan. The Harry Chronicles. NY: St. Martins, 1995.

Powell, Richard. And Hope to Die. 1947

_____Shark River. 1950

_____Shell Game. 1950

_____A Shot in the Dark. 1952

Poyer, David. Down to a Sunless Sea. NY: St. Martins, 1996.

Prather, Ray. Fish and Bones. NY: HarperCollins, 1992.

Sanders, Lawrence. The Case of Lucy Bending. NY: Putnam, 1982.

_____McNally's Secret. 1991.

_____McNally's Luck. 1992.

_____McNally's Risk. 1993.

_____McNally's Caper. 1994.

_____McNally's Trial. 1995.

_____McNally's Puzzle. 1996.

Shames, Laurence. Florida Straits. NY: Dell, 1993.

_____Sunburn, Hyperion, 1994.

_____Scavenger Reef, NY: Dell, 1995.

_____Tropical Depression, Hyperion, 1996.

_____ Virgin Heat, Hyperion, 1997

_____Mangrove Squeeze, Hyperion/Ballantine, 1998.

_____ Welcome to Paradise, Villard, 1999.

Sibley, Celestine. Straight as an Arrow. NY: HarperCollins, 1992.

Smith, Mitchell. Sacrifice. NY: Dutton, 1997.

Standiford, Les. Done Deal. NY: HarperCollins, 1993.

_____Deal on Ice. 1997

Trocheck, Kathy Hogan. Lickety Split. NY: HarperCollins, 1996 (M)

Viets, Elaine. Murder Between the Covers. NY: Signet, 2003

Waara, I.B. Daughter of the Three Cries. Author's Choice Press, 2001.

*White, Randy Wayne. Sanibel Flats. NY: St. Martins, 1990.

_____The Heat Islands. NY: St. Martins, 1992.

_____The Man Who Invented Florida. NY: St. Martins, 1993.

_____Captiva. NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1996.

_____ North of Havana. NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1997.

_____The Mangrove Coast. NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1998.

_____ Ten Thousand Islands. NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2000.

_____ Shark River. NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2001.

_____ Twelve Mile Limit. NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2002.

_____ Everglades. NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2003.

_____ Tampa Burn. NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2004.

_____ Dead of Night. NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2005.

_____ Key West Connection. NY: Signet, 2006.

_____ Dark Light. NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2006.

 Willeford, Charles Ray. Miami Blues. 1984.

_____Sideswipe. 1987.

_____The Way We Die Now. 1988.

_____The Shark-Infested Custard. Novato, CA: Underwood-Miller, 1993.

Woods, Sherryl. Hot Money. 1995.

_____Hot Schemes. 1995.

Woods, Stuart. Choke. NY: HarperCollins, 1995.

 

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