Floridians, of course, get fingered all the time, and this summer's no exception. It's no mystery that crime fiction is among the hottest of genres. Now comes the summer when sales of escapist commercial fiction traditionally heat up, and you won't have to look far for private eyes and forensic experts, legal eagles and canny cops. You'll find them in books at the beach or pool, in airplanes and backyard hammocks, wherever there are mystery fans. Quite the contrary.
Detectives restore order to an increasingly chaotic world when they solve crimes and catch crooks.
Speaking of catches, we foresee just one little problem this summer - stealing time for all this crime. Two cops trail a pair of sociopaths abducting children in a small town in northern Ontario. A son searches for the truth about his father's past, which is linked to his days as a CIA station chief in the 1950s Mideast. Jack Reacher helps an abused wife. A pediatrician whose wife was murdered years ago receives an e-mail suggesting she is still alive.