William Montalbano was a distinguished journalist and award-winning foreign correspondent. He wrote three mystery thrillers with Carl Hiaasen which borrowed heavily from their own reporting experiences.
"An explosive read...authentic, compelling and frightening". -- Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionArchitect Chris Meadows has the bad luck to see an old girlfriend get hit by a car full of drugland hitmen. He has the worse luck to see the face of her murderers. Because in a town as violent as Miami, a witness doesn't stand a chance -- especially when the cops who ought to be protecting him are more interested in dangling him as live bait.
In the Florida Keys, drug smugglers have disrupted the fishermen's lives. Breeze Albury, an honest middle-aged boat captain, finds himself compelled to take a job for Key West's drug cartel after experiencing sabotage, fearing it may lead to his downfall.