Books like Skin Tight by Carl Hiaasen

A collection of twelve short stories featuring Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, first published in The Strand Magazine (1891‑92) and compiled in 1892.

Ex-military policeman Jack Reacher pulls a quiet life in Key West, cleaning swimming pools, until a private detective’s brutal murder forces him into action.

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 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.

When a star of the reality show "Expedition Survival" vanishes in the Florida Everglades, Wahoo Crane and his classmate Tuna Gordon embark on a daring quest to find him, all while evading Tuna’s gun‑toting father.

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

TRAVIS MCGEE #1

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.

An intriguing mystery story featuring Dr. John Thorndyke, a professor of medicine who becomes a pathological sleuth, as he investigates the disappearance of a successful archaeologist and unravels the disturbing question of whether or not it is possible to fabricate a corpse.

Travis McGee: The Turquoise Lament

Travis McGee #13

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

"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 mystery story set in New York around Christmas, featuring a private investigator and a woman detective who are tasked with tracking down the thief of a valuable item that turns out to be much more important than initially thought.

A collection of over 200 Miami Herald columns by Carl Hiaasen that expose the absurdities of South Florida politics, environmental issues, and social conditions with his characteristic dark humor.

A literary thriller about two men living in a world of fiction, words, scenes, characters, and the New York Times bestseller list, featuring a complex plot involving deception, envy, and the power of the written word.

A purple place for dying is a private investigation novel by John D. MacDonald featuring Travis McGee.

When a mysterious, rapidly‑spreading virus kills strangers and Dr. Sophia Russell, Lt. Col. Jonathan Smith’s fiancée, he races through the U.S. government laboratory and beyond to uncover a sinister plot that threatens millions.