The New York Times–bestselling author of Single White Female introduces hard-boiled Florida PI Fred Carver: “Lutz has never written leaner prose” (USA Today). When the criminal’s bullet shattered his knee, Fred Carver’s colleagues called him lucky. Between his pension and the insurance check, they said, he had a nice, easy retirement to look forward to. But Fred Carver would rather have his knee. His career finished, his marriage over, he takes a halfhearted stab at private detective work, and is already sick of it by the time he meets Edwina Talbot, a beautiful woman who wants him to find her dead lover. Of course, Edwina doesn’t believe her lover is actually dead. Every piece of evidence at the crime scene pointed to suicide, but as far a she’s concerned her man is just missing and Fred Carver is going to bring him back. Carver wants nothing to do with it, but he can’t say no to a little adventure. Some men just aren’t built for taking it easy.
Tropical Heat is the 1st book in the Fred Carver Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
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"Shot in the knee trying to stop a convenience store robbery, Carver was retired from the Orlando police and doing private investigations. Hired to find a missing person presumed dead, he is almost murdered twice." — Joyce (5 out of 5 stars)
"Shot in the knee trying to stop a convenience store robbery, Carver was retired from the Orlando police and doing private investigations. Hired to find a missing person presumed dead, he is almost murdered twice."
" I found the book a little dull but persevered until the end. It's easy reading but a little clumsily written. "
" Orlando crime fiction. "
" This is more like a 3.5 than a 3. Good plot. Good read. Plot twist at end that was unexpected. "
" okay book. Prefer the Quinn series. "
" Interesting detective with unexpected plot twists. Loved setting is in Florida. "
" I read this some years ago, and didn't write much about it, but I noted that I would read more in the series, so I must have "really liked it". And I have read at least one more in the Fred Carver series. "
" It was an alright book. Quick read...but I definitely skimmed a lot. "
John Lutz is the author of more than forty novels and two hundred short stories and is a past president of Mystery Writers of America and Private Eye Writers of America. He is the recipient of the Edgar Award and the Shamus Award. His novel SWF Seeks Same was made into the movie Single White Female, starring Bridget Fonda. He is the author of two private eye series and divides his time between homes in St. Louis, Missouri, and Sarasota, Florida.
Bill Weideman has been active in theater since the first grade, and this interest led him to an undergraduate degree from Michigan State in radio and television broadcasting. He helped found the Ionia Community Theater and has performed with Central Park Players, Muskegon Civic Theater, and other regional theater groups. He has narrated and directed for Brilliance for many years. His repertoire includes everything from thrillers to romance to westerns to science fiction. He is also well-known in West Michigan as the patriarch of the Weideman Family Band.
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