Night and Day

Even Ernest himself would probably have fled Key West's Hemingway Days celebration -- a week of raucous tourists and swaggering Papa pretenders that sends locals into hiding. Thus the low profile assumed by Gideon Lowry, playing his weekly piano gig at a quiet hotel, fighting his daily urge for a drink. That's where Asia -- just Asia, like Madonna -- finds him. Beret-clad, with lips the color of a plum, she glides into Gideon's world on the breathless end of a classic tune. She's left her aerie at MTV to find her estranged husband, who's lost in the reverie surrounding his obsession: Hemingway. But Asia doesn't want him back, she wants a divorce -- and is ready to pay handsomely for it. As the Hemingway festival builds to its crescendo, mainland violence pays a nasty visit. There's an evil dancing behind the carefree facades of Duval Street, and it will take every sun-bitten ounce of Gideon's Conch resolve to reel it in...

John Leslie is the author of ten novels, Border Crossing (2013), and nine mysteries, four or them, Killing Me Softly, Night and Day, Love for Sale, and Blue Moon are part of the Gideon Lowry Key West mystery series. John Leslie has lived in Europe and the Middle East and currently divides his time between Key West and Sonoma, California. You may visit his website at: www.johnleslieauthor.com