In Miami, Police Detective Sgt. John Ashley hunts a woman linked to a murdered millionaire and finds she is the girl who's haunted his dreams since childhood. A century ago on America's southern frontier, John Ashley's ancestor was wrongly accused of murder and goes on the run with his sweetheart. The lovers became the most colorful, compelling, and heartbreaking figures in Florida's outlaw history. The two stories entwine in this compelling, suspenseful tale of past and present renegade lovers.
"With the imagination of a novelist, the keen eye and snappy prose of a journalist and the knowledge of a longtime Floridian, Buchanan has created a story that exquisitely captures Old Florida with its current incarnation - and has fashioned not one but two love stories that grip and move...exhibits on a grand scale the talents of a bright and dazzling writer."
Richmond Times-Dispatch
"Edna Buchanan's A Dark and Lonely Place is an action-packed South Florida love story that blends fact and fiction, past and present, and ultimately transcends time."
Sherryl Woods, bestselling author of An O'Brien Family Christmas
