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Florida journalism undergrad Rebecca Sorley is like any other college student. She tries to keep up with her studies, her friends, and her hot-tempered roommate, Ellie, who regularly courts trouble with the law. When a male student's remains are found in alligator-infested waters, the university warns students to stay away from the reptiles. But then a second body shows up, and the link is undeniable. Both men belonged to the same fraternity and had a reputation for preying on and hurting women.

President Kennedy has selected Blackford Oakes to meet with Che Guevara inside Castro's Cuba as part of his Operation Alligator, a daring plan to bring about an era of détente in East-West relations. The communists, however, have another agenda in mind: a double-cross with terrifying consequences. Soon, Oakes is trapped in Cuba, and the heat is on. Warming the climate greatly is the sultry beauty Catalina. The weather forecast: betrayal, power politics, and sudden death.

Ein Wilderer treibt sein Unwesen in Sinful, Louisiana, und Deputy Carter LeBlanc will ihn unbedingt erwischen, bevor die State Police Wind davon bekommt und ihm die Zuständigkeit entzieht. Leider wird er dabei ständig von Celia Arceneaux behindert, der amtierenden Bürgermeisterin und schrecklichsten Einwohnerin von Sinful, die nach einem Grund sucht, Carter zu suspendieren. Als Beweise auftauchen, die einen Verwandten von Gertie belasten, bleibt Carter keine Wahl: Er muss den Jungen verhaften, obwohl ihn alle für unschuldig halten.