Every place has its stories.
Dark mysteries set in the South Florida you thought you knew, and true stories of the officers who gave their lives protecting it, from the gated estates of Palm Beach to the quiet backwaters of the Everglades.
Howard Mark Hines writes mysteries, suspense, historical fiction, and true stories rooted in Palm Beach County, the Everglades, and the forgotten corners of Old Florida.
Every story comes from someone who has lived in Palm Beach County for a great portion of his life, and every one is set in real places you can still visit today.
Blood in the Palms
Deputies Sam Rourke and Jake Masters work the cases hiding under Palm Beach County's sunshine, from waterfront mansions and gated villages out to the sawgrass and the citrus groves west of Loxahatchee.
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The Everglades Files
Stand alone mysteries set around Everglades City and the Ten Thousand Islands. Each book can be read on its own, and together they uncover a larger secret the swamp has kept for decades.
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Bones in the Coral
Palm Beach, October 1954. Nora Calloway is the third generation of her family to care for the island's great estates, and she knows every locked door and quiet hallway. Some of those houses have been keeping secrets far longer than anyone living can remember.
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Tears of Blue
These books honor the Florida law enforcement officers who gave their lives in the line of duty. Each one tells their stories with care so the communities they served will always remember their names.
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In 1942 German U-boats hunted the ocean off Palm Beach County. Burning tankers lit up the night within sight of the beaches, yet few people today know it ever happened. These five books blend the real events of those months with the story of one young woman who saw it all.
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Howard Mark Hines
Howard Mark Hines has called Palm Beach County home for a great portion of his life, and he writes about the South Florida that locals know and visitors rarely see. His novels mix real landmarks, local history and folklore with crimes that feel like they could have happened just down the road.
Along with his fiction he writes freelance articles about the people and places of Palm Beach County, and his Tears of Blue series honors the officers who never made it home.
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