Murder in the Tropics.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: The Florida chronicles ;; v. 2
Publisher: Pineapple Press, Inc.
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Sarasota, Florida
Language: eng
Number of pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9781561640799; 9781561644414
Subjects: Murder -- Florida -- Case studies.
Description: Here is the first statewide collection of true Florida murders, and, as the saying goes, truth is stranger than fiction. The Sunshine State has played host to a memorable and varied array of crimes of passion, greed, and revenge.

In stories spanning from the 1860s to the 1990s, you will meet such varied characters as Lena Clarke, a killer with both her feet planted in a dozen bewildering worlds; Terry Jo, the Sea Waif; Chief Tigertail; the outlaw Ed Watson; Blue, the Enforcer; President Franklin Roosevelt; the Duke of Windsor; novelist Zora Neale Hurston; Lobster Boy; the Gulf Stream Pirate; Brother Gillette, a gentle Shaker who killed out of compassion; and Pensacola's Black Widow, a Spider Woman who killed without mercy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-218) and index.