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John Deal novels volume 3
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The Miami building contractor turned private eye, John Deal, investigates a murder which leads him to Hollywood and a racket to flood China with pornographic movies. By the author of Raw Deal.
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John Deal novels volume 2
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In Florida, house builder John Deal turns PI after his property is firebombed, an attack aimed at a Cuban tenant. He discovers a struggle between Cuban exiles, fighting for markets expected to follow Castro's downfall. By the author of Done Deal.
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John Deal novels volume 1
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Done Deal is filled with gripping characters, unforgettable encounters and unexpected twists. As the Miami sun shines down on a brutal world of corruption and violence, Johnny Deal is salvaging what is left of his family's contracting business. His four-plex will be completed once he pays off a few more inspectors, and he is rejoicing in his wife's pregnancy. But he's about to find himself standing in the way of investors who will do anything, and...
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"When Hilton was a boy, his grandmother sacrificed her life to save him from drowning. Thirty years later, he begins to suspect that he was never meant to survive that accident, and that dark forces are working to rectify that mistake. When Hilton's wife, the only elected African American judge in Dade County, Florida, begins to receive racist hate mail from a man she once prosecuted, Hilton becomes obsessed with protecting his family. The demons...
46) Magnolia
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On a hot, sultry August afternoon, twenty-two-year-old Magnolia Larson finds herself sitting on a barstool at the Miami Sports Bar having to decide whether to remain in Miami or return home to Minneapolis.
Suddenly, a very attractive, beautifully dressed woman sits down and identifies herself as a sports agent. Almost out of money and with no prospects of making any, Magnolia is intrigued by the sports agent's proposal to train as a "sports geisha,"...
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Lawyer Gail Connor investigates the murder of Miami's opera director, a victim of Cuban politics. One of the suspects is her Cuban fiance and she wants to clear his name. But as her investigation deepens the question arises, is she going to save--or destroy--the man she loves.
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Written in the classic noir tradition of Raymond Chandler's The Big Sleep, Straits of Fortune is a fast-paced and sometimes deadly adventure set in America's sexiest city. Ex-cop Jack Vaughn, the best thing to happen to crime fiction since Chandler's Philip Marlowe hung up his holster, moved from the gritty streets of New York to Miami to work as a personal trainer. The sun, sand, and tanned bodies of Miami are a welcome distraction from the haunting...
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KEY News thrillers volume 5
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St. Martin's Press
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c2002
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English
50) Magic city
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A simple black-and-white photograph taken during the 1964 Cassius Clay–Sonny Liston fight on Miami Beach may hold the key to a horrific, politically motivated crime forty-two years earlier. After it mysteriously reappears, the photo is burned in an act of arson that sets off a modern-day killing spree reaching from the quiet neighborhoods of Miami to the back corridors of the White House.What the killer did not know is that a copy of the photograph...
52) Vida
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Fresh, accomplished, and fearless, Vida marks the debut of Patricia Engel, a young author of immense talent and promise. Vida follows a single narrator, Sabina, as she navigates her shifting identity as a daughter of the Colombian diaspora and struggles to find her place within and beyond the net of her strong, protective, but embattled family. In "Lucho," Sabina's family-already "foreigners in a town of blancos"-is shunned by the community when a...
54) The dark of day
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Barbara Parker introduces one of the most unforgettable female characters in suspense fiction: high-profile Miami defense attorney C. J. Dunn. C J. Dunn is an expert at spinning her clients' image in the media. She is the perfect lawyer to deflect police interest in Rick Slater, head of security for Bob Shelby, a US congressman from Miami. Slater was seen at a South Beach party with the recently vanished Alana Martin, and in election season, any hint...
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John Deal novels volume 5
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An award ceremony for valor is disrupted by terrorists, masquerading as policemen, and they abduct the First Lady along with one of the recipients. He is Florida contractor John Deal, and he and the First Lady will outwit the terrorists.
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Miami, 1981. Cocaine Central. Murder Capital, USA.
A city about to catch fire.
Detective Max Mingus and his partner, Joe Liston, are anticipating a routine murder investigation when they are called to the scene of death at Miami's Primate Park-until the victim's family is found slaughtered, and a partly digested tarot card, the King of Swords, is discovered in the victim's stomach.
A trail that's growing bloodier by the hour is leading Max and...
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Britt Montero novels volume 3
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In Miami, rivalry between two women reporters leads to death. While working on a car hijacking story, Britt Montero befriends Trish Tierney, only to learn Trish is stealing her sources. The two become enemies and when Britt is caught in a police crossfire, while travelling in a car with a suspect, she blames Trish for arranging it. When Trish is found dead, suspicion falls on Britt. By the author of Contents Under Pressure.
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A lawyer's life unravels when her 11-year-old daughter receives death threats. Gail Connor of Miami prides herself on being tough and this has earned her many enemies. They range from disgruntled clients to an ex-husband contesting custody. By the author of Suspicion of Innocence.
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"It's time for a savory soirée--but something sinister is stewing--in Raquel V. Reyes's second delightful Caribbean Kitchen mystery, perfectly delicious for fans of Mia P. Manansala. Fall festivities are underway in Coral Shores, Miami. Cuban-American cooking show star Miriam Quiñones-Smith wakes up to find a corpse in her front yard. The body by the fake tombstone is the woman that was kicked out of the school's Fall Festival the day before. Miriam's...
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