When Jimmy and Emily hit rock bottom, losing everything, they took her uncle up on his offer of his 34-foot, 1963 Hatteras, Biscayne Beauty. It was a chance to start over. So off they sailed through the south end of Biscayne Bay to the Intracoastal Waterway, ICW, which would lead them to their ultimate destination; Key West. Little did they know the danger that lay ahead, and the cache of diamonds that might very well be their ultimate undoing. "Adventure as palpable as a dose of adrenilin...

Retired newspaper reporter Mark Daniels and his wife Sherry, enjoy their annual 4-month escape from Upper Michigan's brutal winter in the Florida Keys. Mark lives an idyllic life in paradise; sitting in the sun on his balcony overlooking Florida Bay and working on his second novel. But when he goes out for a boat ride he discovers a body floating in Florida Bay. He becomes involved in trying to figure out how the body ended up in the Bay and in the process meets several local characters al...

Mark Daniels is a retired newspaper reporter who spent his career specializing in murder, earning the nickname: "Correspondent of Corpses." While vacationing in the Florida Keys, escaping a harsh northern winter, Mark and his wife Sherry enjoy the beauty of the islands that stretch for 128 miles from the Florida mainland to the southernmost island of Key West. While enjoying Key West, Mark befriends a person of the streets, a homeless man living in paradise. Over coffee the two men discuss...

A group of friends escaping the cold Michigan winter for a vacation charter a boat for a warm weather cruise to the Florida Keys, a week of friendship and nautical fun. The three couples enjoy Mother Nature's abundance and one another's company until they cross paths with a couple of the sunshine state's more shady characters and their tropical dream turns into a nautical nightmare.

Mark Daniels is a retired newspaper reporter who spent his career specializing in murder. In retirement his avocation is now his hobby. From the tranquility of his cottage in Michigan's Upper Peninsula he reads newspapers online looking for interesting murders. In his search he discovers murders that seem familiar; murders that have already occurred. The retired journalist uncovers a serial killer who is traveling the country murdering people in the same manor that infamous serial killers ...

When Brian Demers finds himself widowed, he's completely at loose ends. Should he go to his cabin up north and shovel snow and become a hermit … or take everybody's advice and go to Florida for the winter? Somewhat against his better judgment, he winds up in Islamorada in the Florida Keys. From there he goes north again, and back to the cabin on the lake where he helps restore an abandoned lighthouse … and meets the Keeper's Girl. Somewhere in his odyssey, Brian discovers how to face his l...

While doing research for a book he is writing, retired crime reporter Mark Daniels reads about the murder of a Florida Keys man, a man rumored to have discovered a fortune in sunken Spanish treasure. Mark follows the case of the murdered treasure hunter from a distance until he meets a woman who draws him in deeper and people begin to die. Mark gets caught up in the rumor of treasure and a trail of death. He learns in this case, “Dead me do tell tales.” Follow the dream of treasure; from t...

Retired newspaper reporter Mark Daniels and his wife Sherry, enjoy their annual 4-month escape from Upper Michigan’s brutal winter in the Florida Keys. Mark lives an idyllic life in paradise; sitting in the sun on his balcony overlooking Florida Bay and working on his second novel. But when he goes out for a boat ride he discovers a body floating in Florida Bay. He becomes involved in trying to figure out how the body ended up in the Bay and in the process meets several local characters al...

A short hike through an Indiana forest reveals layers of living things: the overstories and understories of trees, the shadow of a mammal, colorful fungi. But what would it mean to methodically document the communities of plants and animals harboring in Indiana's public forests, at humid midnight or coldest dawn? What is the impact of this wondrous knowledge?Ecoblitz describes the findings of, and the dogged scientists behind, the Indiana Forest Alliance's multiyear forest...

To an unusual degree among writers, playwrights' creations are not simply words on a page. Instead, a well-wrought play is an intricate machine that will be used by directors, actors, designers, and other creators to bring a fully staged, real-time performance into the world. The construction and maintenance of that machine is the playwright's job, and it requires an array of complex, interconnected skills and techniques.Enter Justin Maxwell and The Playwright's Toolbox, a...

Climate change is affecting Indiana's environment, threatening the way Hoosiers live and do business, and introducing new stresses to the state's economy, health, and infrastructure. And while scientists predict more days of extreme weather, increased public health risks, and reduced agricultural production in the coming years, Hoosiers still have a substantial say in determining their future environment.Climate Change and Resilience in Indiana and Beyond ...

A fun-filled vacation aboard the luxury cruise ship Aqua Princess turns into a nautical nightmare. Off the Florida Keys a tropical storm overtakes the ship, assaulting it with gale force wind, torrential rain and monstrous waves. During the storm the ship is disabled, rendering it ... dead in the water. The Aqua Princess is forced to ride out the storm at anchor. The trip is a theme cruise hosted by the International Society of Mystery Enthusiasts. Mark Daniels, an author of mystery books,...