Mama Maria jumped to her feet as she spied the intruder. “Have you gone loco?”“Don’t try to stop me” He waved the gun over his head.Jeez! I crouched down even farther.“Rivas, put that away,” she ordered, “before you do something stupid like blast a hole in the roof.”My eyes widened. How about sho...
She was just hanging up from yet another call trying to persuade the Coral Island Shrimp House to buy advertising. From the look on her face, the pitch had been less than successful.“You had a call,” Sandy said between bites.She handed me the message and I saw a familiar name: Chrissy Anders. I p...
As I took a couple of swigs of my drink, I made for Heron’s Landing-a tiny mobile-home community not far from the island center. A few of the local fishing families lived there, including Sally Jo-my first lead.Nestled among the pine trees and mini citrus groves stood a smattering of trailers fir...
Kyle slapped Guido repeatedly with the plastic spatula. Neither of them would exactly qualify for a heavyweight title. Or even a lightweight one.“Killer!” Guido shouted as he yanked Kyle out of the trailer.Kyle stumbled but never let go of the spatula. “You’re crazy.” He thumped his assailant on ...