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Alex Rutledge and his friend Sam encounter a troubling series of untimely deaths including those of Sam's sister, Alex's close friend, and the local mayor, and when subsequent discoveries link the victims, Alex suspects a cover-up and is threatened to stay away. Reprint.
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Tom Corcoran has been a disc jockey, screenwriter, navy officer, journalist, and magazine editor. His photographs appeared on seven Jimmy Buffett album covers. He co-wrote the Buffet hits "Fins" and "Cuban Crime of Passion." Corcoran lives in the Lower Keys and is working on a fifth Alex Rutledge novel.
Tom Corcoran has been a disc jockey, screenwriter, navy officer, journalist, and magazine editor. His photographs appeared on seven Jimmy Buffett album covers. He co-wrote the Buffet hits "Fins" and "Cuban Crime of Passion." Corcoran lives in the Lower Keys and is working on a fifth Alex Rutledge novel.
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Bad Days And Bodies...
The murder of a long-missing woman, the death of a mentor, and the suicide of Key West's mayor are revealed on a warm April day. Alex Rutledge, a freelance photographer with ties to city and county law enforcement, first must help friend Sam Wheeler identify a body in Ft. Lauderdale. Hours later, in Key West, Rutledge documents the mayor's demise. He also is forced to confront the death of Naomi Douglas, who encouraged his creative photography. All this on the day before Alex's departure for a big-dollar photo job on Grand Cayman Island.
...Arrive In Threes
Home-front troubles compound his dilemmas. Teresa Barga, his housemate, is absorbed by Whitney Randolph, an old college friend with cash, bent morals, and more alibis than an octopus has suckers. Randolph, he learns, has slithered into the suspense, linking himself to both scam and murder victims. The police see no crimes. Only Alex senses foul play. And when out-of-character friends, duplicitous officials, and violence take him to labyrinths of corruption, he is faced with the most dangerous encounter of his life.
"Tom Corcoran knows the human heart, sure as hell knows how to write a good book, and knows Key West-a setting so real you'll get a sunburn." -Steve Hamilton, author of The Hunting Wind
"Captures the soul of Key West, all its eccentricities and secrets...expertly plotted." -South Florida Sun Sentinel
The murder of a long-missing woman, the death of a mentor, and the suicide of Key West's mayor are revealed on a warm April day. Alex Rutledge, a freelance photographer with ties to city and county law enforcement, first must help friend Sam Wheeler identify a body in Ft. Lauderdale. Hours later, in Key West, Rutledge documents the mayor's demise. He also is forced to confront the death of Naomi Douglas, who encouraged his creative photography. All this on the day before Alex's departure for a big-dollar photo job on Grand Cayman Island.
...Arrive In Threes
Home-front troubles compound his dilemmas. Teresa Barga, his housemate, is absorbed by Whitney Randolph, an old college friend with cash, bent morals, and more alibis than an octopus has suckers. Randolph, he learns, has slithered into the suspense, linking himself to both scam and murder victims. The police see no crimes. Only Alex senses foul play. And when out-of-character friends, duplicitous officials, and violence take him to labyrinths of corruption, he is faced with the most dangerous encounter of his life.
"Tom Corcoran knows the human heart, sure as hell knows how to write a good book, and knows Key West-a setting so real you'll get a sunburn." -Steve Hamilton, author of The Hunting Wind
"Captures the soul of Key West, all its eccentricities and secrets...expertly plotted." -South Florida Sun Sentinel
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