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Hot Books: Novels set in hot climates
The Betrayal of the Blood Lily
Lauren Willig
FIC WILLIG L
Penelope Deveraux has disgraced herself. Found in a compromising position with Lord Frederick Staines, the two wed and embark for India. Freddy has obtained a government post in the court of the Nizam of Hyderabad, a court rife with intrigue and betrayals. Penelope meets the dashing Captain Alex Reid and together they find a passion neither one knew existed. When Freddy is murdered, the passion turns to intense guilt for Penelope and she is torn between her love for Alex and her disgust with her own actions. It doesn't help matters that a spy known as the Marigold keeps intruding on their lives and may in fact wish to end their lives.
The Captive Bride
by Johanna Lindsey
FIC LINDSEY J
Having grown up on her family’s country estate, Christina is eager for a London season. Not interested in marriage, she declines the offers made to her. Instead, she accompanies her brother to Egypt where she is kidnapped. A mysterious, English- speaking sheik holds her prisoner, but tries to win her love.
Columbella
by Phyllis Whitney
FIC WHITNEY P
High on the cliffs in the Virgin Islands, Hampden House broods. When Jessica accepts a post as a teacher for the young lady of the house, she finds herself in conflict with the girl's mother, known as Columbella. As Jessica becomes embroiled in the passions and deceptions at Hampden House, a murder shatters the outward calm as a hurricane bears down on the island.
The Goat Woman of Largo Bay
Gillian Royes
CRIME ROYES G
Shad is a bartender in a Jamaican fishing village. He is employed by Eric, an American who owns a bar and hotel left a shambles by a hurricane. When Shad sees a figure on an offshore island, he first thinks it’s a goat. It turns out to be Simone, an American who has taken shelter on the island. Gunshots fired near Simone’s place and rigged local elections are just a few of the problems Shad has to solve.
Henderson’s Spear
by Ronald Wright
FIC WRIGHT R
Writing from a Tahitian jail, Olivia ponders her past: the search for her WWII pilot father, a daughter given up for adoption, the discovery of secret journals, and an ancestor who came to Tahiti years ago. Her family’s tale will span the globe before it finally coalesces on the Island of Tahiti.
High Tide
by Jude Deveraux
FIC DEVERAUX J
The relationship between Fiona Burkenhalter and Ace Montgomery is rocky from the very beginning. When Roy Hudson is murdered, they each inherit his vast fortune. However, they are also the prime suspects in the case. What relationship do they have in common that would cause this total stranger, Roy, to make them--also total strangers--his heirs? As they search for the killers and avoid the police, love blooms.
Three of the four Mirabel sisters were murdered on November 25, 1960. Their bodies were found at the bottom of a 150-foot cliff in the Dominican Republic. The sisters have become a legend; the day of their murder is observed in many Latin American countries as the International Day Against Violence Towards Women. Each sister tells the story of her youth, her education, her loves, and her opposition to the Dictator Trujillo.
The Island
by Peter Benchley
FIC BENCHLEY P
Hundreds of boats have disappeared off the coast of the Bahamas. Blair Maynard, news magazine editor, becomes obsessed with finding out what happened to them. With his twelve-year-old son in tow, he sets off to find the answer and becomes involved in a horrifying chain of events.
Ladies Coupe
Anita Nair
FIC NAIR A
Akhila feels that life has passed her by. She’s 45 years old, single, working as a clerk, and still taking care of her grown up siblings. Needing to get away, she purchases a one-way ticket to a resort town and settles down into the all-ladies sleeping car, the Ladies Coupe. The women she meets on the train, bound together by the intimacy of the Coupe, share their lives and help each other come to terms with family responsibilities and their own self worth.
The Mango Season
by Amulya Malladi
FIC MALLADI A
Priya hasn't been back to India for years. Priya is a Brahmin, and she has come home to tell her family that she is engaged to an American! As she searches for just the right time to break the news, her family is busy setting up marriage arrangements of their own - to a nice Indian boy!
Mrs. Pollifax and the Whirling Dervish
by Dorothy Gilman
SUS GILMAN D
Sent to Morocco with a packet of agents' photographs, Mrs. Pollifax must find an informant. Drastic events cause her to memorize and destroy the photos, thus making her the only living person who can identify the informant!
Night of the Jaguar
by Michael Gruber
SUS GRUBER M
Retired Miami detective Jimmy Paz is back on a case when a series of gruesome murders occur which coincides with the arrival of Mole, an Indian shaman from the jungles of Columbia.
Things Fall Apart
by Chinua Achebe
FIC ACHEBE C
Okonkwo wanted to be successful and become a pillar of his community in Nigeria. When he won a fight against the fiercest man in the area, he brought honor to his village. Hard work made him a successful farmer with several wives and children. A boy brought to the village as a sacrifice and placed in Okonkwo's care will be the catalyst for things falling apart.
Forensic anthropologist, Gideon Oliver and FBI friend, John Lau, are on an Amazon riverboat expedition. A guide and a botanist go missing, a skeleton is found in the river and immediate police help is impossible. The group on the boat must figure out what's happening.
Virgin Heat
by Laurence Shames
SUS SHAMES L
Ziggy Maxx, fugitive from the Witness Protection Program, feels safe in Key West. Angelina Amara, daughter of the gangster Ziggy fingered, has been in love with Ziggy since she was a young girl. Angelina sees a video that her uncle took while on vacation in Florida and recognizes Ziggy. Running away from her family, she is pursued by her vengeful father and various mobsters who would all like to get their hands on Ziggy.
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