Jeff Widmer: 8 books

From the author of the McCoy and Brinker crime series comes a novel of treachery and greed on Florida’s luxury coast. In the tony resort town of Spanish Point, sea levels are rising. So is the body count. Both threaten the lifeblood of the Gulf Coast, the real estate industry, and its agents....

Brinker’s back. Can the advertising world survive?Brinker has lost his magic. The agency’s CEO wants him to ace the competition. His former girlfriend wants him in detox. And as rival advertising executives disappear, an ambitious state trooper wants him in jail.If this keeps up,...

From Ferguson to Baltimore to Hattiesburg, police officers face an unprecedented challenge—how to keep the law while maintaining public trust, as well as their own safety. Theirs is a balancing act that largely goes on behind closed doors.With its Citizens Academy, the Sarasota Police Department...

On the 50th anniversary of Woodstock comes a gripping story of love and obsession, set in one of the most turbulent times in American history. It is 1969, capstone of a tumultuous decade, and life in the rural town of Pennsboro, Pa. is about to explode. A dam that would flood the valley pits...

Who’s killing tourism in Florida?When a gunman mistakes Candace McCoy for a wealthy visitor, the former detective faces her biggest challenge yet: Is the violence the start of a full-blown war on tourists? Or are the attacks a smokescreen for an even greater threat?And if CW (who made...

Appearances aren’t just deceiving. They can be deadly. While showing a mansion on Florida’s tony Spanish Key, former detective CW McCoy discovers the naked body of a rival real estate agent, a black bra wrapped around her neck. It’s the least of CW’s problems. The hot new cop she’s...

In this economy, even an assassin needs an agent.Sued by his publisher for libel, Brinker is reduced to promoting trolley tours of crime scenes. The tour business is dying. There aren’t enough murders to draw a crowd.A good serial killer would help.When his doctor asks for aid...

Detective CW McCoy surrenders her gun, her badge her and confidence after shooting a fellow police officer. Moving to Southwest Florida to recover and care for her ailing grandfather, CW swears off violence until a fugitive kidnaps her family and she’s forced to decide which side of the law she’s...