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Author
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
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Description
In the eighth title in the Suspicion series, Suspicion of Rage, Gail Connor agrees to accompany her new husband, Anthony Quintana, to his beloved native Cuba. Caught between a family that supports the Revolution; ties to a radical underground group; a threatening secret message from the CIA to his brother-in-law, a Cuban General; threats of terrorism; and a long-lost love, the hard-won peace of a new family is at risk. Suspicion of Rage is the 8th...
42) Criminal justice
Author
Pub. Date
1997
Physical Desc
304 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The New York Times-bestselling author of Suspicion of Innocence brings her prodigious legal experience and storytelling gifts to this riveting thriller about a disgraced US attorney determined to prove his innocence and get justice Dan Galindo was a highly respected US attorney until a single lapse in judgment cost him everything. A year ago, he refused to put a lying witness on the stand. As a result, a drug kingpin walked, earning Galindo the eternal...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1994
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
244 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
On the police beat for her Miami newspaper, Cuban-born Britt Montero has a lot on her hands. She's investigating a series of bizarre deaths involving sex, electrocution, and freshly poured concrete. As if that isn't enough, there's the long-unsolved murder of a young girl that may implicate the frontrunner in the governor's race. And at the same time, she's on the trail of a serial rapist-who targets her in retaliation for her stories . . .
44) Margin of error
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1997
Language
English
Formats
Description
A movie star comes to Miami-and mayhem ensues-in this crime thriller by an Edgar Award finalist.
Crime reporter Britt Montero had to shoot a man to save her own life, and the memory of it is tormenting her. So when a major Hollywood actor strides into the newsroom, hoping to do research for the character he portrays, the seemingly cushy job is given to Britt in the hope that it will help her recover from her traumatic experience. But the assignment...
Author
Pub. Date
1998
Physical Desc
358 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
In the third title in the Suspicion series, Suspicion of Deceit, Gail Connor has recently become engaged to her lover, Anthony Quintana. Disturbing revelations about his past life come to light. As a rebellious and idealistic youth, he traveled to Central America with a different lover and a friend; he ended up with a lifetime of lies to cover up a violent tragedy and a secret at the heart of the Cuban expatriate community that someone considers...
46) Magic city
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
306 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
A novel based on real events and newly declassified documents, Magic City is to Miami what L.A. Confidential and Chinatown were to Los Angeles. It evokes a time in our nation's history when powerful men were willing to do whatever they thought necessary to achieve their goals.
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...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
372 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Michael Gruber's Night of the Jaguar-like his earlier novels featuring Miami detective Jimmy Paz (Tropic of Night, Valley of Bones)-transforms the conventional thriller into something extraordinary, taking the crime novel to a place it has never gone before. Combining a grisly murder investigation with chilling supernatural elements and provocative thought.
48) The Lost
Author
Series
Lexile measure
690L
Language
English
Description
Detective Tom Moon and his multi-talented team face off against an international crime ring looking to seize control of America's most vibrant city, Miami. The city of Miami is Detective Tom Moon's back yard. He's always kept it local, attending University of Miami on a football scholarship, and, as a Miami PD officer, protecting the city's most vulnerable. Now, as the new leader of an FBI task force called "Operation Guardian," it's his mission to...
Author
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
341 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
In the fifth title in the Suspicion series, Suspicion of Malice, Gail and Anthony have recently broken up and find themselves on opposite sides of a tangled case when Anthony's teenage daughter comes to Gail to defend her boyfriend in a capital murder case. Gail takes the case, expecting to have easy access to a reluctant but nonetheless available exonerating witness-until she meets her witness's lawyer, Anthony Quintana. The personal and professional...
Author
Pub. Date
1995
Physical Desc
388 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
In the second title in the Suspicion series, Suspicion of Guilt, Gail has the biggest case of her life-a career maker and a guarantee that partnership will soon be hers-until she discovers that a suspected forgery is only the top layer of a cover-up for brutal murder and a step into deep conspiracy and deadly risk. Suspicion of Guilt is the 2nd book in the Suspicion series, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
Author
Pub. Date
1994
Physical Desc
343 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
In the first title in the Suspicion series, Suspicion of Innocence, Gail Connor is a fast-rising attorney in a major law firm, about to make partner-until her life is derailed by the discovery of her sister's murdered body and the quick revelation that Gail herself is the prime suspect. Gail must fight for her life as she gets a firsthand look at the dark underside of the legal system. Suspicion of Innocence is the 1st book in the Suspicion series,...
Author
Pub. Date
1997
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
400 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
A death row confession propels a homicide detective into an investigation that will tear Miami apart in #1 New York Times-bestselling author Arthur Hailey's electrifying thriller. Detective-Sergeant Malcolm Ainslie, a former Catholic priest, is about to start his vacation when a call comes in from death row. Before serial killer Elroy Doil is taken to the electric chair, he wants to make a full confession to the cop who put him away. To close the...
54) Valley of bones
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
436 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The startling reviews of Tropic of Night announced Michael Gruber as one of the most talented thriller writers to debut in many years. Now, with the much-anticipated publication of Valley of Bones, Gruber fulfills that genre-bending promise as perhaps no writer since Graham Greene, with a genuinely exhilarating thriller that simultaneously offers a profound, deeply provocative exploration of the nature of faith itself. The setting is Miami. Rookie...
Author
Pub. Date
1999
Physical Desc
347 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
In the fourth title in the Suspicion series, Suspicion of Betrayal, Gail Connor thinks she has achieved all her life goals with a successful career, a perfect home, and an ideal man, until an anonymous and menacing phone call, obscene letters, and threats to her eleven-year-old daughter endanger the very foundations of her life and begin to reveal the secrets of her past. Suspicion of Betrayal is the 4th book in the Suspicion series, but you may...
56) The dark of day
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Formats
Description
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...
57) The lying house
Author
Language
English
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Description
"Lisa Taylor had friends, family and a job she loved back in Cleveland. But when her husband, Jeff, lands the promotion of a lifetime, she gives it all up to stand by him. Their whirlwind move to Miami feels like an adventure, their idyllic new neighborhood the perfect place to start a family. But their dreams are shattered when a stranger breaks into their house, holding a knife to Lisa's throat before Jeff can chase him off. Suddenly, every sacrifice...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1987
Physical Desc
378 pages ; 17 cm.
Language
English
Description
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Carl Hiaasen's best-selling novels are funny and sardonic. Hilarious postcards of south Florida, they also decry the lurid commercialism that is draining and paving the tropical landscape. Tourist season is swinging into high gear in Miami. So are the activities of a bizarre terrorist group determined to keep the hapless "snowbirds" away. Armed with bombs, weed, and jumbled credos, they move toward their grand target,...
59) Paws for love
Author
Series
Publisher
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
346 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Danielle Morrow works tirelessly to rehabilitate retired racing greyhounds and help them find forever homes. She guards her heart as vigilantly as her two adopted greyhounds guard her home. One heartbreak per lifetime is enough for any woman. Knox Donovan expected to be career military, but an injury has resulted in an honorable discharge that leaves him uncertain of his future. He's back home with his brothers in Miami Beach, but he has no intention...