Books like Carl Hiaasen omnibus by Carl Hiaasen

Victor Mancini, a medical‑school dropout living in New York City, fishes money by feigning a choking attack in upscale restaurants, then uses the charitable checks to fund his mother’s care.

When eccentric millionaire Samuel W. Westing dies, sixteen heirs race through riddles, blizzards, burglaries and bombs to solve his will and claim a mysterious $10 million inheritance.

A friendship‑driven adventure in Florida that highlights environmental protection and the plight of owls.

In the Florida Keys, a young boy battles environmental vandalism when his father’s accusations that a casino boat is illegally dumping sewage land in a flurry of comic mischief.

Detective Andrew Yancy investigates a mysterious frozen arm in Florida, racing against time and eccentric suspects from Key West to the Bahamas in a crime‑packed, humorous thriller.

A Botswana-based detective series with Mma Ramotswe solving mysterious cases

A radical group targets Florida’s tourism industry in a violent attempt to cleanse the state of greed and corruption, drawing a gritty detective narrative into the heart of Miami’s resort culture.

A Southern Florida thriller in which a woman survives a staged murder, vows revenge, and navigates a world of crime, hazardous waste, and eccentric allies.

A sharp-tongued thief, a washed-up detective, and a swindle so heinous it's best left unsaid.

Children's Mystery Story about a Cat Mystery Agent Splat

After a career crash, investigative reporter Jack Tagger becomes an obituary writer in South Florida, yet his ambition drives him to solve the mysterious death of rock star Jimmy Stoma while battling jealous editors, a widow, and a ruthless editor-in-chief.

In the quirky Florida town of Grange, lottery winner JoLayne Lucks faces daring thieves and an underground militia, while investigative journalist Tom Krome navigates a bizarre conspiracy that threatens her dream of saving the town’s forest.

Two New York detectives find themselves tangled up in the kidnapping of a father and his driver, adding to the complexity of their investigation and putting their own lives at risk.

Ex‑muckraking reporter turned PR man at the Amazing Kingdom theme park must recover stolen blue‑tongued mango voles before a darker mystery unfolds.

A collection of ten short stories and five poems by Edgar Allan Poe, featuring mystery, horror, and suspense elements.

"Meet twenty-two-year-old Cherry Pye, a pop star since she was fourteen - and about to attempt a comeback from her latest drug-and-alcohol disaster. Now meet Cherry's 'undercover stunt double', Ann DeLusia. Ann portrays Cherry whenever the singer is too wasted to go out in public. And it is Ann-mistaken-for-Cherry who is kidnapped from a South Beach hotel by obsessed paparazzo Bang Abbott. Cherry's handlers want to rescue Ann while keeping her existence a secret.The situation is more complicated than they know. Ann has had a bewitching encounter with Skink - the unhinged former governor of Florida - and he's heading for Miami to find her. Will Skink track down Ann DeLusia before Cherry's motley posse does? Will Cherry sober up in time to lip-synch her way through her concert tour? Stay tuned... "-- p. [4] cover.

A collection of classic detective stories featuring star sleuths from the 20th century, including Dashiell Hammett's 'The Sam Spade stories' and Dorothy L. Sayers's 'The Invisible Man'.

A collection of Sherlock Holmes pastiches, pastiches, and scholarly ponderings, featuring various hands writing about the iconic detective and his exploits.

A witty, supernatural twist on a teenage vampire’s life—when one of her support‑group members is staked, she and her fellow reformed vampires must confront werewolf traffickers to protect their immortal futures.

A deaf journalist solves crimes in a mining town while tracking down a madman in Flat Skunk.

A trio of comedic crime stories set in South Florida, featuring a daring hero, a comic heroine, and a colorful roster of characters that keep readers laughing and on the edge of their seats.

A collection of classic detective stories featuring the famous detective characters from the Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot universes.

A comprehensive anthology of Edgar Allan Poe’s 68 stories and 31 poems, spanning horror, detective fiction, gothic tales, and lyrical poetry, showcasing his mastery of suspense, the macabre, and the supernatural.