Powder Burn

Overview: Carl Hiaasen was born and raised in Florida, where he still lives with his incredibly tolerant family and numerous personal demons. A graduate of the University of Florida, at age 23 he joined The Miami Herald as a general assignment reporter and went on to work for the paper's weekly magazine and later its prize-winning investigations team. Since 1985 Hiaasen has been writing a regular column, which at one time or another has pissed off just about everybody in South Florida, including his own bosses. A Miami hit-and-run witness winds up as bait for drug smugglers—in an “explosive” novel cowritten by the New York Times –bestselling author of Bad Monkey ( The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ). Chris Meadows’s charmed life as an up-and-coming architect in Coconut Grove has kept him far removed from Miami’s bloody drug trade. But his comfortable existence comes crashing down around him when Chris witnesses the hit-and-run death of an ex-girlfriend by a car full of drug smuggling gangsters. Now caught up in southern Florida’s brutal underground cocaine war, Meadows is in a fight for his life—to evade not only the hit men seeking to silence him, but also the crooked Miami cops who would rather exploit than protect him. This is the very first suspense thriller written by the New York Times –bestselling author of Razor Girl and Sick Puppy and Bill Montalbano, a writing team praised for its “fine flair for characters and settings” ( Library Journal ). Those who enjoy Hiaasen’s other Florida thrillers, the Doc Ford novels by Randy Wayne White, or Netflix’s Narcos will want to discover these early crime fiction gems. A Miami man witnesses a hit-and-run?and winds up as live bait for drug smugglers?in this crime novel by the New York Times ?bestselling author of Bad Monkey . Chris Meadows's charmed life as an up-and-coming architect in Coconut Grove has kept him far removed from Miami's bloody drug trade. But his comfortable existence comes crashing down around him when Chris witnesses the hit-and-run death of an ex-girlfriend by a car full of drug smuggling gangsters. Now caught up in southern Florida's brutal underground cocaine war, Meadows is in a fight for his life?to evade not only the hit men seeking to silence him, but also the crooked Miami cops who would rather exploit than protect him. This is the very first suspense thriller written by the New York Times ?bestselling author of Razor Girl and Sick Puppy and Bill Montalbano, a writing team praised for its "fine flair for characters and settings" ( Library Journal ). Those who enjoy Hiaasen's other Florida thrillers, the Doc Ford novels by Randy Wayne White, or Netflix's Narcos will want to discover these early crime fiction gems New York Times bestselling author Carl Hiaasen & rsquo;s gripping debut & mdash;now available as an ebook A witness to a gangland murder must outwit and outrun the vicious hit men on his trail & mdash;before it & rsquo;s too late Chris Meadows & rsquo;s charmed life as an up-and-coming architect has kept him far removed from Miami & rsquo;s bloody drug trade. But his comfortable existence comes crashing down around him when Chris witnesses the hit-and-run death of an ex-girlfriend by a car full of drug smuggling gangsters. Now caught up in southern Florida & rsquo;s brutal underground cocaine war, Chris is in a fight for his life & mdash;to evade not only the hit men seeking to silence him, but also the crooked Miami cops who would rather exploit than protect him