James Elens reviews Henry Hoffman's Bridge to Oblivion, a "surprising and ultimately quite
moving mystery" set in Tampa in the 80s . Read the review on our Crime page.
Michael Lister returns to the Florida wilderness, where someone is leaving charred bodies on Old Testament
pyres. Read Ed irvin's review on our Crime page.
Ed Irvin reviews the third adventure of Steven M. Forman's "Boca Knight," Eddie Perlmutter, on our Crime page.
In Tim Dorsey's latest Serge A. Storms infilltrates the spy world. Ed Irvin, on our Crime page, says Storms is "either the luckiest dunce in the world or the clumsiest genius."
Ed Irvin says the only drawback to An Appetite for Murder is danger to your New Year's diet resolutions . Read the review here.
"Long before interstate highways carved up Florida into a series of marquee destinations connected by wide, sterile
and efficient thoroughfares, long before Disney came and transformed thousands of acres of farm land into a fantasy land,
there was a different Florida..." Read Nick Garnett's review of Cypress Gardens, America's Tropical Wonderland: How Dick Pope Invented Florida.
Frank Tota reconsiders Pat Frank's vision of post-apocalyptic Florida in his 1959 novel Alas, Babylon here.
Sean Kenniff reviews the adventures of Charlie Pierce as he goes on the great plume bird expedition in The Last Egret here.
Louis K. Lowy reviews the children's Florida history novel Kidnapped in Key West
here.
Deb Alberto reviews the Ginny Rorby's Lost in The River of Grass. Read it here.
On Our Tales & Legends Page
Read Jamie May's review of Fearsome Florida Creatures here.
Read review of Florida's Ghostly Legends and Haunted Folklore Volume III here
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James Elens revisits a region he loves, reviewing Brian Rucker's Treasures of the Panhandle: A Journey
through West Florida. Read the review here.
As candidates in the Presidential primary crisscross Florida, James Elens reviews Red Pepper and Curious
George, the story of a 1950 campaign that still reverberates today, on our Florida Politics page.
Pamela Akins reviews Diana Abu-Jaber's Birds of Paradise, a "contemporary tale of family estrangement
and love," on our Fiction page.
James Elens reviews Flaherty's Run, Henry Hoffman's "engrossing story of love and revenge
in Florida right after the close of World War II," on our Fiction page.
Pamela Akins takes us to Rhett Devane's Chattahoochee, FL for some of Mama's Comfort Food. Read
her review on our Fiction page.
"In Lawrence Hetricks's Derelict Tributaries, each word is born out of the dark back-water
of the poet's memories." Read Guillermo Cancio-Bello's r eview here.
"Memoirs are all about setting the record straight, and Pat MacEnulty's remarkable and riveting Wait Until
Tomorrow is no exception." Read Madeleine Blais's review here .
American History, Florida Style Memoir
by Dan Wakefield Tennessee Williams in Key West 
Florida's Literary Landmarks Features Dariel Suarez tracks down the Florida adventures of José Martí
 The Search for Florida's Forgotten Poet Laureate
Lynne
Barrett reconsiders Pleasure Was My Business, by Florida's
sultry Madam Sherry—whose book stirred things up as far away as Egypt...
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Read FBR Reports, live-blogging and reporting from Florida's literary fairs and festivals:
Rereading John D. MacDonald
