Table of Contents
Introduction 13
Part I Suburb Sinister
Michael Connelly Hyde Park 19
The Guardian
Lori Roy Tierra Verde 43
Chum in the Water
Karen Brown Davis Islands 62
I Get the Same Old Feeling
Tim Dorsey Palma Ceia 76
Triggerfish Lane
Part II Blood in the Water
Lisa Unger Clearwater Beach 97
Only You
Sterling Watson Pass-a-Grille 121
Extraordinary Things
Luis Castillo: Indian Rocks Beach 138
Local Waters
Part III Grifters' Paradise
Ace Atkins: Westshore 159
Tall, Dark, and Handsome
Sarah Gerard: 34th Street 183
The Midnight Preacher
Danny López Gibsonton 205
Jachknife
Part IV Family Secrets
Ladee Hubbard: Lake Maggiore 227
It's Not Locked Because It Don't Lock
Gale Massey: Pinellas Park 238
Marked
Yuly Restrepo Garcés Largo 249
Pablo Escobar
Eliot Schrefer: Safety Harbor 268
Wings Beating
Colette Bancroft Rattlesnake 286
The Bite
About the Contributors 300