The Cayo Hueso Maze — Tom Corcoran

A 2:00 am call from the Key West Police Department awakens Alex and his friend, Detective Beth Watkins. Beth hurries off to investigate a suspicious death in the New Town area, and thus begins a seven-day maze of threats, more deaths without culprits or clues, and close friends in peril or under suspicion. A professional magazine and ad agency photographer, Rutledge never goes looking for police work. But it finds him by way of his old friend, Monroe County Sheriff, Fred Chicken-Neck Liska. With help from The Aristocrats, offbeat private eyes Dubbie Tanner and Wiley Fecko, who provide creative info gathering, Alex has built a reputation for crime solution. Neighbors, strangers, strange witnesses, and a collection of photographs help to unravel puzzles generated by bad actors in Key West and the Lower Keys. When the cops are stymied and alibis are valid, only an off-the-wall approach will succeed. If you can find the right wall...