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2011
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Serge Storms, that loveable thermonuclear vigilante and one stop Florida trivia shop, has been leaving corpses strewn across the Sunshine State for more than a decade. The authorities, especially one tenacious state agent, have begun to notice the exponential body count, and send a police task force to track down Serge. Could his luck finally have run out? Meanwhile, armed with his perpetually baked sidekick, Coleman, Serge decides to blitz the state...
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A comic mystery written by 13 authors, each of whom contributed a chapter, often including characters from his other books. The plot concerns a 102-year-old woman swimmer in Florida, defending the environment with the help of a sea cow. She becomes involved with drug smugglers, Cuban revanchists and murder.
84) Iron orchid
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Orchid Beach cop Holly Barker has joined the CIA, and she's after Teddy Fay, who was once CIA himself but now wipes out various political figures for fun.
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Pub. Date
2011
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Nobody does Florida weirdness quite like this author. This novel is about thrill killer and Sunshine State historian Serge A. Storms, the most endearing psychopath since Dexter Morgan. The author offers this zany blockbuster extravaganza in which his wonderfully deranged serial killer Floridaphile delivers his special brand of Christmas cheer. More outrageous than Santa Claus in a Speedo, this book serves up a Yuletide feast of "pure gonzo humor"....
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Okaloosa Island mysteries volume 2
Pub. Date
2016
Description
"Treachery on Okaloosa Island is the sequel to Death Doesn't Vacation on Okaloosa Island where it picks up at the trial of Launie Sanderson. She is accused of killing Ollie her bouncer at her strip joint which was actually a front for much of the drug trade coming into the Panhandle of Florida...Why is Judge Jeffery Bickel dragging out the length of the trail? Or is he the one responsible? Will the lifelong feud between Bicycle Bob and the Judge destroy...
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Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2011
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A century ago, when Indians and alligators roamed frontier Miami, the legendary John Ashley was accused of murder and sentenced to hang. He went on the run with his sweetheart, Laura. Their crime spree lasted years longer and became far more deadly than the exploits of Bonnie and Clyde a decade later. This is their true story of prison breaks, bootlegging, bank robberies, and piracy on the high seas. Their saga of love, passion, and violence is juxtaposed...
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Two brothers -- Will and Jeff -- and their friend Tom are out one night at their favorite South Beach bar, the Wild Zone, and decide to make a bet on who can be the first to seduce a mysterious-looking young woman drinking by herself. Pretty, dark-haired, blue-eyed Suzy has an innocent, almost ordinary girl-next-door way about her. Little do the friends know that their harmless bet is about to take on a life of its own, a life full of deadly consequences...
91) Atlas of Florida
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Florida State University Foundation
Pub. Date
1981
Description
The new Atlas of Florida, revised for the first time in ten years, is seasoned with the people of Florida, flavored with the patterns of their activities, and served in a handsome full-color volume. A handy book for quick reference or leisurely reading, it offers a complete overview of Florida life and history in visual form--the new Atlas of Florida contains more than 100 color photographs, 70 black-and-white photographs, 60 line drawings and more...
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Univeristy Press of Florida
Pub. Date
2021
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The only bird species that lives exclusively in Florida, the Florida scrub-jay was once common across the peninsula. But as development over the last 100 years reduced the habitat on which the bird depends from 39 counties to three, the species became endangered. With a writer's eye and an explorer's spirit, Mark Walters travels the state to report on the natural history and current predicament of Florida's flagship bird. Tracing the millions of years...
94) Night vision
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When a local teen from a trailer park being targeted by powerful developers witnesses their hired gun committing a murder, her only hope for survival falls in the hands of Doc Ford and Tomlinson, who undertake a search through the underground in the hopes of finding her first.
95) Short stories
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University Press of Florida
Pub. Date
©1994
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The stories, many about the Florida backwoods, were written between 1928 and 1953 for Saturday Evening Post, New Yorker and Scribner's Magazine. By the winner of the 1939 Pulitzer Prize for The Yearling.
97) Almost to Destin
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CreateSpace Independent Platform
Pub. Date
2013
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Have you ever wondered how of all the people we meet, one person can totally change your life forever? Leila Jane Hewitt's forested estate is located a short distance north of Destin, Florida. She meets Mark Mabry from Atlanta and is soon caught up in a storm of stirring events. She is catapulted into a totally unfamiliar world of romance and intrigue. Hold on to your beliefs and britches, because there is more to Destin than meets the eye! Prepare...
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This edition of Bruce Hunt’s popular guide leads you to 70 of the most charming and historic little towns, places with names like Yeehaw Junction, Sopchoppy, and Ozello, as well as 8 ghost towns like Two Egg and Stiltsville. The author revisited all the towns in the book for this update. --Amazon.
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"Over 400 years ago, in 1528, an African named Estevanico first set foot in Florida near present-day Tampa as part of a Spanish exploration party. Since then, African Americans in Florida have continued to set examples of courage, perseverance, and leadership. In this book you will read about some people you may already know about--such as Ray Charles and Carrie Pittman Meek--and many others whose lives are also inspirational, even if their names...
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