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Lieutenant Horatio Caine leads a crack team of forensic scientists who investigate crimes amid the tropical surroundings and cultural crossroads of Miami. Together, they collect and analyze the evidence to expose the truth and to bring justice to those who often cannot speak for themselves: the victims. FLORIDA GETAWAY Thomas Lessor left Las Vegas for Miami to get away from it all -- in fact, he felt certain he was going to get away with murder. But he was wrong, and the Las Vegas PD soon show more contacted Miami with a warrant for his arrest. Hot on his trail, the Miami CSIs are called to the scene of his abandoned car...a car that's been abandoned in spirit but not in body. And on a pleasant and secluded Miami beach, a young couple is about to make a gruesome discovery.... show lessTags
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I really like Collins' books for how well he captures the feel and characters of CSI and manages to push them a bit further, doing things in the books that can't easily happen on the tv show. In this case he features some of the original CSI characters as they are forced to allow a man they know to be a murderer to leave Las Vegas and travel to Miami. The Miami crew are asked to help out and unsurprisingly crime and mayhem follow. My main issue with the book is not that it diverts from the ethos of the tv show, but that it suffers from exactly what I feel the tv show suffers from - too much bloody Horatio Caine. The whole book is centered on him, with the other characters getting barely a couple of scenes each. As with the show, the show more story is solid, well structured and interesting, but I found most of the time I was just desperate to strangle the supercilious Horatio. show less
This was my first CSI: MIAMI serialized novel, and I thoroughly enjoyed it! I have to say that Max Allan Collins, the author who writes the majority of all CSI titles, seems to have a better understanding of Horatio Caine than of Gil Grissom. The character descriptions were much better than some of those I've read in the regular CSI novels.
FLORIDA GETAWAY has a case that starts in Las Vegas with the regular CSI team and then spreads to Miami and Horatio's team. It's a well-developed case and a pretty darn good plot. Definitely recommended for CSI and CSI: MIAMI fans!
FLORIDA GETAWAY has a case that starts in Las Vegas with the regular CSI team and then spreads to Miami and Horatio's team. It's a well-developed case and a pretty darn good plot. Definitely recommended for CSI and CSI: MIAMI fans!
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Max Allen Collins was born in 1948 in Muscatine, Iowa. He is a two-time winner of the Private Eye Writer's of America's Shamus Award for his Nathaniel Heller historical thrillers "True Detective" and "Stolen Away". Collins also wrote the Dick Tracy comic strip begining in 1977 and ending in the early 1990s. He has contributed to a number of other show more comics, including Batman. Collins created his first independent feature film, Mommy, following a nightmarish experience as screenwriter on the cable movie The Expert. Collins has been contracted by DC Comics to write three tie-ins to his critically acclaimed graphic novel "The Road to Perdition", which was adapted into the feature film. Author of other such move tie-in bestsellers as "In the Line of Fire" and "Air Force One", he is also the screenwriter/director of the cult favorite suspense films "Mommie" and "Mommie's Day". (Publisher Provided) Max Allen Collins was born in Muscatine, Iowa on March 3, 1948. His graphic novel Road to Perdition, published in 1998, is the basis of the Academy Award-winning 2002 film starring Tom Hanks, Paul Newman and Daniel Craig. His other works include Road to Purgatory, Road to Paradise, Return to Perdition, Bye Bye, Baby, and Target Lancer. He won the Shamus awards for True Detective in 1983 and Stolen Away in 1991. He is completing a number of Mike Hammer novels begun by the late Mickey Spillane. He has collaborated with his wife Barbara Collins on three novels and numerous short stories. Their Antiques Flee Market won the Romantic Times Best Humorous Mystery Novel award in 2009. His comics credits include the syndicated strip Dick Tracy (1977-1993), Ms. Tree, Batman; and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, based on the hit TV series for which he has also written ten novels. He has written tie-in books for several movies including Saving Private Ryan, Air Force One, and American Gangster, which won the Best Novel Scribe Award in 2008 from the International Association of Tie-in Writers. His non-fiction works include The History of Mystery and Men's Adventure Magazines, which won Anthony Award. He is also an independent filmmaker. He has written and directed five features and two documentaries, including the Lifetime movie Mommy and the sequel, Mommy's Day. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Florida Getaway
- Original title
- CSI: Miami: Florida Getaway
- Original publication date
- 2003
- People/Characters
- Horatio Caine; Calleigh Duquesne; Eric Delko; Tim Speedle; Dr. Alexx Woods; Det. Adele Sevilla (show all 9); Gil Grissom; Catherine Willows; Warrick Brown
- Important places
- Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; Nevada, USA; Florida, USA; Miami, Florida, USA
- Related movies*
- CSI Miami
- First words
- The wind whistling down from the mountains, like a mournful conscience, carried with it a solemn chill.
- Last words*
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Toen ze weg was, verdween zijn glimlach en zei hij rustig tegen zichzelf: "O, jawel."
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