The Heat Islands: A Doc Ford Novel
- ISBN-10
- 0312929773
- ISBN-13
- 9780312929770
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 307
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1993-02-15
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Author
- Randy Wayne White
Description
Marine biologist Doc Ford finds his quiet life in his Sanibal Island stilt house interrupted by the murder of Marvin Rios, the island's most disliked resident. Reprint.
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