John Lutz: Tropical Heat (USA ca. 1990)

From the Publisher:
A single, well-placed bullet abruptly ended Fred Carver's career as an Orlando cop. Now he's a civilian -- head of a two-bit, one man detective agency with few resources and even fewer clients. So when a leggy, dark-haired beauty asks him to find her lost lover, the crippled P.I. dives right in -- landing in the middle of a nasty nest of real estate swindlers, drug runners, and crazed Latino killers. Carver's caught in the crossfire again. But, in Florida, if you can't stand the heat, there's nowhere to go but the grave.

John Lutz: Tropical Heat. A bullet couldn't kill him... but the heat just might. A Fred Carver Mystery. New York: Avon Books, ca. 1990, ISBN: 0380703092, 246 p.,$3.95.

John Lutz: Tropical Heat (USA 1987)

From the Publisher:
WELCOME TO MIAMI.
KEEP ONE HAND ON YOUR WALLET AND THE OTHER ON YOUR GUN.
It was what you might call a lucky shot. A single bullet ended Carver's days as a cop and began his career as a P.I. When a dark-haired beauty needs help finding a missing lover, Carver is there to take the job. His most intriguing. His most exciting. And probably his last...

John Lutz: Tropical Heat. A Novel. Avon Books, ISBN: 0380703092 (June, 1987), 246 p.,$3.95.