Bone Key - Tapa blanda

Its tough being a small - time hustler in Key West, FL. When this hustler is being beaten by a cop, John Deal steps in to stop it, but it is only a temporary rescue: the hustler turns up dead only two days later. The cops are claiming ignorance and the locals arent saying a word. Could the dead man be somehow connected to a seventy - year - old tale of piracy, murder, and greed? No one knows what really happened on that storm - swept night. But something about the legend and the recent murder are haunting John Deal to the bone.

Les Standiford is the bestselling author of twenty books and novels, including the John Deal mystery series, and the works of narrative history ''The Man Who Invented Christmas'', a ''New York Times'' Editor's Choice, and ''Last Train to Paradise''. He is the director of the creative writing program at Florida International University in Miami, where he lives with his wife, Kimberly, a psychotherapist and artist.