DIRE STRAITS: A Miami Novel

Harlan Publishing, May 2001 - ISBN 0-9676528-2-0

This is a gripping, suspense-filled police thriller set amidst the exotic ambience of Miami, Florida, where sex,, violence and corruption is the trademark of life in the fast lane. Cuban-bom homicide detective, Mike Estevez, responds to a posh suburban mansion where the investigation of a grisly mass murder becomes anything but routine. While struggling with department politics, the ensuing week drives this highly regarded cop to the edge of personal disaster as he not only coordinates the hunt for a rampant serial killer, he must grapple with a gutwrenching dilemma that no one else must know about.Meanwhile, the search is on for a surviving witness known only as Mirage, who was in the wrong place at the wrong time for more reasons than one. The mystery woman spends a harrowing seven days stalked by a relentless killer while she frantically conceals her identity from police, lest her entire world will collapse. Tension remains high from page one to the very end of this suspense drama which offers an engaging cast of characters in and out of the police ranks. The novel will be hauntingly familiar to many Americans who have dealt with obsession and conflict between love of family and love of career. It also tells about municipal politics, internal corruption, incompetency, prejudice, affirinative action in police ranks, drug killings, and realistic crime scene investigation, not to mention sex and violence, Miami style. This novel is not for the light-hearted. The author is a former Miami-Dade County homicide investigator who brings authenticity to scenes of murder and violence, as well as the seedy side of police conduct only a cop would know.

 

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"...tension builds until it explodes in the end. You're on the edge of your seat..."
Leigh Neely, The Villages Daily Sun

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