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Hot in the City: Key WestCarrie Marsh is on her honeymoon in Key West – alone. After the devastation of discovering her fiancé with another woman on her wedding day, she thought the trip might relax her. She has no idea she’ll be swept off her feet by sexy beach boy Chris McCann. Combine Chris’s searing seductiveness with the island’s legendary free-spirited debauchery, and before her vacation is through, Carrie will experience a stunning sexual awakening she’s not ready to leave behind when the trip is over.
Virgin Heat (Key West Mystery)Meet Angelina Amaro, the star-crossed daughter of Mafia capo Paul Amaro. For ten long years virginal Angelina has been carrying a secret torch for the stool pigeon who betrayed her father to the cops in exchange for a spot in the Witness Protection Program. When she recognizes her beloved's hands mixing drinks in a relative's Key West vacation video, Angelina stops pining and starts planning her escape from her family and reunion with her man Sal, who now goes by the name of Ziggy Maxx. Naturally, the course of true love never did run smoothly, and it isn't long before Papa is on her trail with hilarious results.Playing the Mafia for laughs is a novel idea, and it works quite well in Laurence Shames' fifth book, Virgin Heat. In Angelina, Mr. Shames has found a sympathetic heroine, and in his collection of undercover cops, cross-dressing mafiosi, vengeful hit men, and long-suffering wives, he has created a memorable cast of supporting characters.
SETUP ON FRONT STREET (Key West Nocturnes series)Key West, 1991. Don Roy Doyle is back in town. Tough and quick-witted, he's fresh out of prison, where he served three years for a diamond swindle. Now he's back to collect his share of the proceeds, about $200,000, but the money has vanished.A local family dynasty which has controlled the island's politics for generations, a cop with a grudge, the FBI, and the Russian mob all have a stake in the action. They're convinced Cuba is on the verge of "opening up", and they all want Doyle gone.
In this tightly-knit town, who can be trusted? And how long can Doyle stay alive?
SETUP ON FRONT STREET is the first novel in Mike Dennis' Key West Nocturnes series. It takes you deep inside the world of Key West noir, a world tucked way back in the shadows, where the tourists never go.What they're saying about Mike Dennis and SETUP ON FRONT STREET:
"Mike Dennis is a modern master of noir." -- Max Allan Collins, author of ROAD TO PERDITION
"Dennis writes true noir." -- Vicki Hendricks, author of CRUEL POETRY
"...tight, to the point, like a line drawing..." -- Noir Journal
"Fans of Elmore Leonard should find Mike Dennis an author worth watching - and worth reading." -- BooksAndPals.com
Sunset2009 Retailer's Choice Award winner!As John Baxter makes plans to marry Elaine, one of the Baxters enters into the most trying season of all. During a time of renewed love and hope for the future, the Baxters try to come together to establish the sacred ground of marriage and to chart a course for the future. Memories of times gone by meet with the changes of today in a story that proves only the support of faith and family can take a person into the sunset years of life.
SunsetBruce Willis, James Garner. Directed by Blake Edwards. After meeting on a movie set, Old West icon Wyatt Earp and Hollywood legend Tom Mix team up to solve a murder in this Wild West spoof. 1988/color/107 min/R/widescreen.
