Reporter Britt Montero, following the story of a mysterious young woman who is cutting a path of murder through the State of Florida, is drawn into a chilling dialogue with the beautiful serial killer that leads to a deadly face-to-face meeting.

When Frank Douglas receives a heart transplant that saves his life, he attempts to find the man who died so that he could live, but what he finds leads him on a strange journey across America that threatens his new life.

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...

A mother and child are the recent victims of a carjacking followed by a fatal hit-and-run. Miami crime reporter Britt Montero witnesses the tragedy-and relentlessly pursues the story. But at the same time, trouble lurks in the newsroom. A new, ambitious reporter covets Britt's job, and Britt begins to suspect that her rival's "breaking news" stories may not be what they seem. As she investigates, Britt herself becomes the prime suspect in a shocking...

A crime reporter for a major Miami newspaper, Cuban-born Britt Montero practically sleeps with a police scanner by her bedside. When a high-speed police chase leads to the death of a black football hero, Britt discovers that what seems like an open-and-shut case is actually an intricate web of racially charged violence. As the city she loves explodes into a major riot, Britt is caught up in life-threatening events that bring the case to a final shocking...

True stories of crime in Miami by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Corpse Had a Familiar Face . Set against the neon backdrop of the South Florida city where Miami Herald reporter Edna Buchanan covered the police beat for nearly two decades, this memoir collects true tales of both heroes and villains -- from the heartbreaking to the heartwarming to the outright hilarious. "A flurry of cases -- of criminal Christmases, historic crimes, homicidal...

Before the arrival of Miami Vice and MTV Spring Break, South Beach was home to the largest cluster of Jewish retirees in the country. Drawn by the small apartments, low cost of living, sunny weather, and thriving cultural life, they came by the thousands seeking refuge from the Northeast's brutal winters. By the 1970s, these former New Yorkers had turned from seasonal visitors to year-round residents, making Miami Beach home to a population that was...