Lena Dawson was adopted; she has no information on her birth family. Her foster mother lets her believe she was rescued by apes after a crash. Lena grows up feeling odd, different from others, damaged in some way. Sometimes the fears and depression of the parent can have a lasting effect on a child. Lena's childhood has not taught her to expect a lot of joy from life, but it has taught her to be sensitive to the natural world around her. Lena accepts the infidelities of her husband, until he leaves her. She has carefully re-built her life. It is a small, secure life, she has her work as a finger print analyst, her run down apartment, and her weekend walks. One day a distraught woman makes her way into Lena's office, convinced her baby's SID death was really murder. The young mother begs Lena for help. As Lena starts finding inconsistencies in a series of SID deaths, her carefully built world starts to shatter. Lena will have to discover her own truth and come to terms with her past. Diana's writing is a joy to read, this is a page turner!

Nobody does it better than Hiaasen! Honey Santana is fed up with the downhill trend of civility. She wants her young son to grow up in a safe, polite world but it is an uphill battle. When Boyd Shreve, a telemarketer, interrupts her dinner hour then calls her names it tips her over the edge. Of course Honey was never too far away from the edge to begin with, the world won't miss a telemarketer or two. Honey decides to find the miscreant phone thug, lure him to the Florida and teach him some manners. Meanwhile Sammy Tigertail, a young Seminole, is being harassed by the death spirit of a white man. Throw in a sex crazed fishmonger, some drunken college kids, and a retired drug runner and the plot heats up. You would think Ten Thousand Islands would be plenty. . When all these loony characters head into the Everglades, Ten Thousand Islands start to feel downright crowded