Sunshine Noir: Great Florida Crime Fiction
Explore the best Florida crime fiction with Sunshine Noir—gritty, thrilling books set in the Sunshine State. Discover gripping tales of mystery, suspense, and dark intrigue.
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A Deadly Shade of Gold
by John Dann MacDonald
Travis McGee investigates the death of an old friend and the theft of a collection of idols.
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The Burnt Orange Heresy
by Charles Ray Willeford
A new paperback edition of the neo-noir novel book critics have called Willeford's best. Fast-talking, backstabbing, womanizing art critic Jacques Figueras will do anything - blackmail, burglary, fencing, assassination - to further his career. Crossing the art world with the underworld, Willeford expands his noir palette to include hues of sunny Florida and weird tints of Surrealism when Figueras takes a job for an art collector who doesn't care how his art is collected, even if it involves murder.
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Under Cover of Daylight
by James W. Hall
Years after his real parents are killed by a drunken driver and Thorn executes his own justice in the form of murder, his foster-mother is found brutally killed on her charter fishing boat, and Thorn, now in his late 30s, edges in among the suspects.
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Sanibel Flats
by Randy Wayne White
Originally published in hardcover in 1990 by St. Martin's Press.
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Stormy Weather
by Carl Hiaasen
A hilarious new novel of greed and corruption from the bestselling author of Strip Tease. The story focuses on southern Florida at the height of the tourist season, when a ferocious hurricane hits--luring con artists, carpetbaggers, and would-be saviours like hyenas to the lion's kill. "Hiaasen (hilself is a one-man force of nature".--Variety. Major advertising, including key city radio and print ads in The New York Times Book Review and Miami Herald.
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Florida Roadkill
by Tim Dorsey
Local trivia buff Serge loves inflicting pain. Drug-addled Coleman, his partner in crime, loves cartoons. Hot stripper Sharon Rhodes loves cocaine, especially when purchased with righ dead men's money. Then there's Sean and David, who love fishing--and helping turtles cross busy thoroughfares. Unfortunately, they're about to cross paths with a suitcase filled with $5 million in stolen money. Serge wants the suitcase. Sharon wants the suitcase. Coleman wants more drugs...and the suitcase. A hitman wants Satan to reign supreme. A slimy, insurance-frauding dentist wants his fingers back. In the meantime, there's murder by gun, Space Shuttle, Barbie doll, and Levi's 501s. Welcome to Florida!
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The Mango Opera
by Tom Corcoran
Crime-site photographer Alex Rutledge of Key West, Florida, probes the murder of two women and the attempted murder of a third, all three having been his girlfriends. A debut mystery.