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Murder in the tropicsEntry/Object ID
Library.1122Description
xii, 220 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Murder in the tropics by Stuart McIver.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-218) and index.
Here is the first statewide collection of true Florida murders, and as the saying goes, truth is stranger than fiction. The Sunshine State, from Pensacola to Key West, has played host to a memorable and varied array of crimes of passion, greed and revenge. (Taken from back jacket).
Contents: Introduction -- Neath Swaying Palms -- Murder in Paradise -- The Gang's All Here -- Peace on Earth -- Frontier Mayhem -- Interlude: A Softer Crime -- Death in the Gulf Stream -- Killings With and Without Mercy -- Cherchez la Femme -- Bibliography -- Index.
In Florida, murder has a style of its own...brushed lightly with a persuasive Florida weirdness. ...offers the first statewide collection of true Florida murders. From Pensacola to Key West, from the 1860s to the 1990s, from crimes of passion to crimes of greed.Collection
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Murder -- Florida -- Case studies.Publication Details
Author
McIver, Stuart B.Edition
1st ed.Publisher
Pineapple Press, Inc.Place Published
* Untyped Place Published
Sarasota, FLCall No.
HV 6533 .F6 M33 1995ISBN
1561640794LCCN
95030649