Book 3

Cult Following

by Donn Cortez

Published 1 January 2006
Lieutenant Horatio Caine of the Miami-Dade Crime Lab is called in to investigate a mysterious death at an organic eatery. he finds the victim, waiter Philip Mahoney, bent over a stainless steel toilet, his clothing shredded. There are burn marks on his face and cell phone fragments scattered around, and his shoes are blown off his feet. Incredible as it seems, the initial evidence points to death by lightning strike. The staff at The Earthly Garden believe Mahoney's death is an act of God -- punishment for staying from the Body System, their spiritual philosophy that inner beauty can be revealed by nurturing the physical and spiritual. But the only philosophy Lieutenant Horatio Caine believes in is justice for the victim -- and he'll move heaven and earth to get it.

Book 4

Riptide

by Donn Cortez

Published 1 August 2006
The Miami Dade Crime Lab is called in to examine the body of a young woman who has washed ashore on an island in Florida Bay. Lieutenant Horatio Caine is quick to identify the probable murder weapon: a shark dart used by the navy as part of an experimental program to kill enemy divers. However, during the autopsy, Doctor Alexx Woods finds that the true cause of death was drowning; the dart was used postmortem.

When another mangled body of a woman is discovered, Caine begins to suspect the worst. The unusual and violent nature of the crimes bears all the hallmarks of an organized serial killer -- sexual predation, a great deal of preparation and a disturbingly distorted worldview. Now, the lieutenant and his team must race to piece together all the clues to stop the murderer before they can strike again.

Book 4

Riptide

by Donn Cortez

Published 1 August 2010

Book 5

Harm for the Holidays

by Donn Cortez

Published 28 November 2006
Christmas in Miami the city is wrapped in its own unique festive cheer, and countless children breathlessly await the arrival of Santa Claus. Except this year there are hundreds of Santas. Miami has been invaded by the Red Menace. An annual gathering of hundreds of red-suited, jolly old fat men and women swarm over the city, comical and annoying, until one of them turns up dead.

In what should be a time of goodwill to all the Miami-Dade Crime Lab finds that what appears to be the simplest of crimes hides darker motives. Who would want to kill Santa? Who would go to such lengths to conceal the identity of a victim that they would decapitate him and remove both his hands? And how does a simple convenience store robbery suddenly spiral into an international incident of kidnapping and murder?

Book 6

Csi

by Donn Cortez

Published 30 January 2007

Book 6


CSI Miami: Cut and Run

by Donn Cortez

Published 3 March 2008
Murder and smuggling are just the beginning in the seventh novel based on the global smash hit CSI spin-off series. In a field outside the Everglades a hot air balloon comes to land, the lone passenger in the basket dead, an apparent suicide. Then a bullet-riddled yacht limps into the Port of Miami, where the sole survivor, a gravely wounded hijacker, reveals that there are illegal drugs on board. It's just another day for the Miami Dade CSI team -- until the body count is added to by the death of a well-known local writer. Before long, Horatio Caine and his team are caught up in a dangerous web of intrigue and murder that reaches all the way to Castro's Cuba

Christmas in Miami is a time of good cheer for one and all – except, that is, for the members of the Miami-Dade Crime Lab. They have to deal with the Red Menace: the annual gathering of hundreds of red-suited Santas, jolly old fat men swarming all over the city, comical and annoying – until one of them turns up dead. Tidings of comfort and joy? Hardly... the discovery of a headless corpse is something of a break for the hard-pressed but always professional CSI: Miami team. But the season of goodwill gets rapidly worse when what should be an uncomplicated, everyday convenience store robbery turns into an international incident with ties to a terrorist organisation.

A ship pauses in Miami on a winter holiday cruise. What could be more ordinary? Until, that is, the ship's magician is accused of murder and identified as a terrorist known as the Hare. But there's only one problem: he has an airtight alibi. At the time of the killing, he was on board ship miles away from the crime scene, performing in front of several hundred witnesses. While the Miami Dade Crime Lab pulls out all the stops to find the real Hare, Lieutenant Horatio Cane narrowly escapes death when a missile blows up his Hummer. There is clearly more than a simple murder at stake - could this be the opening salvo of a more sinister terrorist plan?

CSI Miami: Riptide

by Donn Cortez

Published 7 August 2006
The Miami Dade Crime Lab is called in to examine the body of a young woman who has washed ashore on an island in Florida Bay. Lieutenant Horatio Caine is quick to identify the probable murder weapon: a shard dart used by the navy as part of an experimental program to kill enemy divers. However, during the autopsy, Doctor Alexx Woods finds that the true cause of death was drowning; the dart was used postmortem. When another mangled body of a woman is discovered, Caine begins to suspect the worst. The unusual and violent nature of the crimes bears all the hallmarks of an organized serial killer - sexual predation, a great deal of perparation and a disturbingly distorted world view. Now, the lieutenant and his team must race to piece together all the clues to stop the murderer before they can strike again.