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The first three crime thrillers in an award-winning series starring a tough Florida PIâfrom the New York Timesâbestselling author of Single White Female.  New York Timesâ and USA Todayâbestselling author John Lutz has been hailed as âa major talentâ by John Lescroart and âone of the mastersâ by Ridley Pearson. âLutz offers up a heart-pounding roller coasterâ (Jeffery Deaver) in his thrillers and âknows how to make you shiverâ (Harlan Coben).  âThe Carver series is the finest work yet by this prolific authorâ (St. Louis Post-Dispatch). After a criminalâs bullet shattered not only his knee but also his career as an Orlando cop and his marriage, Fred Carver starts over as a private detective. In this award-winning ten-book series, Lutzâs âdogged Carver is a believably heroic guy, tough, scarred and able to exhibit fear and courage at the same timeâ (Publishers Weekly).  Tropical Heat: The police think Willis Davis committed suicide, but beautiful real-estate broker Edwina Talbot is convinced her missing lover is alive and hires Carver to find him. Following a twisted trail from luxurious beach resorts to the swamps of the Everglades, Carver runs afoul of violent Cubans, a DEA agent, and assorted criminals, all while falling hard for his lovely client.  âLutz has never written leaner prose, and the novelâs ending, especially the last sentence, is a delight.â âUSA Today  Scorcher: When Carverâs young son becomes the third victim of a serial killer with a homemade flamethrower, the tortured private eye wonât rest until heâs avenged the boyâs death.  âThe prose is lean, the action fast-paced, the suspense unrelenting . . . superior entertainment.â âThe San Diego Union  Kiss: After his elderly uncleâs suspicious death at Sunhaven Retirement Home, Lt. Alfonso Desoto hires Carver to find out whatâs going on behind the closed doors of the facility. Soon heâs tangling with everyone from a rough head nurse to a brutally sadistic thug. Winner of the Shamus Award.  âThe grip on the reader is relentless until the final, entirely unforeseen shocker rings down the curtain on Lutzâs best novel so far.â âPublishers Weekly |
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