Too many of photographer Alex Rutledge's friends are dead, injured, or accused. After straying from ad agency jobs, freelance assignments, and his carefree Key West lifestyle, Alex wants out of the crime-scene business. He's proven himself to be a solid detective - unofficial, of course - but that doesn't matter. He wants out.Rutledge's lover, Detective Bobbi Lewis, knows this, but phones with a pre-dawn request. Another crime in paradise. Against his better judgment... Alex must document a gruesome murder, Monroe County's first hanging in more than thirty years. An hour later, Sheriff Fred "Chicken Neck" Liska asks Rutledge to photograph another crime. Alex confronts an equally bizarre killing, an abrasive detective new to the Keys, and abundant evidence that yields few clues.Within hours Rutledge is reminded that you can't pick your relatives. His brother, Tim, with a lifetime of issues and baggage, jacks the complications and multiplies the danger. Piecing wisps of information to archives dug up by journalist friend Marnie Dunwoody, Alex suspects that shoddy police work may be linked to a long-forgotten cover-up. He also learns that his connection to the cops can't prevent harassment and arrest. And revenge is always more deadly than original crimes. Read Less