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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, Michael. Tropic 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.