Freaky Florida Investigations Books 1 2

"Full of wacky characters, amazing descriptions, and lots of theories of the unknown, this book makes for a funny mystery."Who needs to watch Stranger Things? In Florida, all you have to do is step outside!A double dose of hilarious, off-the-wall hijinks awaits! Climb aboard a ramshackle RV with Bobbie and Grayson and get a front-row seat to their first two investigations. In Moth Busters, they explore a possible sighting of Mothman. In Dr. Prepper, they're off to Plant City to shut down an alien invasion. What could possibly go wrong?The weird places they travel to are real. The stories they uncover? Well, that's for you to decide. Either way, Florida's track record for weirdness is laid bare when Bobbie and Grayson hit the highway.Who are Bobbie and Grayson? Bobbie Drex is a down-and-out mall cop with a penchant to become a PI. Nick Grayson is a sketchy physicist turned conspiracy nut. The two may as well have come from opposite sides of the galaxy. Still, they find it hard to ignore each other's gravitational pull.Together, they make a whole lot of campy calamity as they scour Florida's backwater towns in search of the bizarre, the abnormal, the unexplained, and the next decent taco stand.So, grab some mosquito repellent and a lawn chair. Then sit back and relax. Things are about to go sidesplittingly off the rails in the Sunshine State ?.

A Florida mystery adventure

For Alex Cross, the toughest cases hit close to home-and in this deadly thrill ride, he's trying to solve the most personal mystery of his life. When his cousin is accused of a heinous crime, Alex Cross returns to his North Carolina hometown for the first time in over three decades. As he tries to prove his cousin's innocence in a town where everyone seems to be on the take, Cross unearths a family secret that forces him to question everything he's ever known. Chasing a ghost he believed was long dead, Cross gets pulled into a case that has local cops scratching their heads and needing his help: a grisly string of socialite murders. Now he's hot on the trail of both a brutal killer, and the truth about his own past-and the answers he finds might be fatal.

Be careful what you touch.My name is Darla, and people think I'm weird. I know this because I'm a telepath.After my second husband bails without a word, I'm moving back to my hometown, San Marcos, Florida, one of the nation's oldest cities. I'm here to open a nearly 300-year-old inn, and, hopefully, begin a new life. It turns out the inn comes with ghosts and other supernatural features. And the paranormal in my genes is going haywire.My telepathy has always been hit or miss. But now, along with the arrival of my first hot flashes, I gain a new ability: psychometry. By touching an object, I can read the thoughts and emotions of other people who have touched it.Good thoughts as well as creepy thoughts. Sweet emotions as well as memories of murder.Yep, I help a detective investigate a murder. And not a bad-looking detective, I should add.Living in an ancient city and running an old inn, I'm constantly touching things filled with memories.And some of them could kill me.

Winter break is upon Mystic Caravan, which is supposed to mean a full month of rest and relaxation. Upon arriving at their destination, however, Poet and company find that murder isn't far behind.Their off-season park is full of paranormals - something that normally makes Poet comfortable - but the death of a local girl points to one of their own being the culprit. Even though she's supposed to be taking it easy, Poet can't stop herself from digging ... and it leads her on a wild ride.Florida is hot, humid and bursting at the seams with supernatural friends. Unfortunately for Poet, it's also home to an ex-boyfriend who can't quite let go. Since he's a police officer ... and looking at Mystic Caravan's cadre of weirdos as potential murder suspects ... that only makes things all the more difficult.It's up to Poet to find the real culprit even as a shadowy and powerful figure stalks her. Kade's magic is growing but he's still learning, which makes for some hard battles. On top of that, he's keeping a secret with Luke, which has Poet teetering on the edge of sanity.It's supposed to be a break, not a break from reality, but Poet is ready to fight for her future. It's going to take everybody working together to figure out the truth ... and give Poet the one thing she's always wanted above all else.Peace.

EDGAR AWARD FINALIST • A private investigator revisits the case that has haunted her for decades and sets out on a deeply personal quest to sort truth from lies. CLUE AWARD FINALIST • “[A] haunting memoir, which also unfolds as a gripping true-crime narrative . . . This is a powerful, unsettling story, told with bracing honesty and skill.”—The Washington Post A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice • One of Marie Claire’s Ten Best True Crime Books of the Year Ellen McGarrahan was a young journalist for The Miami Herald in 1990 when she witnessed the botched execution of convicted killer Jesse Tafero: flames and smoke and three jolts of the electric chair. When evidence later emerged casting doubt on Tafero’s guilt, McGarrahan found herself haunted by his fiery death. Had she witnessed the execution of an innocent man? Decades later, McGarrahan, now a successful private investigator, is still gripped by the mystery and infamy of the Tafero case, and decides she must investigate it herself. Her quest will take her around the world and deep into the harrowing heart of obsession, and as questions of guilt and innocence become more complex, McGarrahan discovers she is not alone in her need for closure. For whenever a human life is taken by violence, the reckoning is long and difficult for all. A rare and vivid account of a private investigator’s real life and a classic true-crime tale, Two Truths and a Lie is ultimately a profound meditation on truth, grief, complicity, and justice.