Murder in Exile

Living termporarily in a dilapidated cottage in Exile, Florida, and taking a job as a lowly fact checker for an insurance company while recovering from bankruptcy, Frank Cole is called in to investigate the hit-and-run death of a young man, only to become convinced that the man was murdered and that the case is tied to major corruption in local industry. Winner of the 2005 Malice Domestic/St. Martin's Press Best First Traditional Mystery Contest. 20,000 first printing.