Hot Reads to Offset a Cold Winter's Chill

Pick up one of these novels set in hot, tropical climates to help warm those of us living too far north.

Tales from Margaritaville: Fictional Facts and Factual Fictions by Jimmy Buffet
The singer/songwriter displays his gift for creating witty, laid-back Southern stories in a collection of bizarre tales and thoughtful essays.

Tricky Business by Dave Barry A tropical storm hits a casino boat off the coast of Florida changing the lives of a quirky set of passengers.

Duma Key by Stephen King Renting a house on the Florida coast after suffering a crippling accident and ending his marriage, construction millionaire Edgar Freemantle creates works of art that lead him to discover unsettling elements from his landlady's enigmatic family history.

Glass Beach by Jill Marie Landis
Released from a loveless marriage, Elizabeth Bennett expects a peaceful life with her daughter on their lush Hawaiian estate, until her late husband's alluring illegitimate son appears to claim his father's half of the property.

Mosquito Coast by Paul Theroux
An eccentric American inventor moves his family to the jungles of Central America in hopes of finding a better life.

Tourist Season by Carl Hiassen
A group of most unusual terrorists sets out to purge Florida of greed and corruption by attacking what they consider the root source--tourists.

The Comedians by Graham Greene Three men meet on a ship bound for Haiti, a world in the grip of the corrupt 'Papa Doc' and the Tontons Macoute, his sinister secret police. Brown, the hotelier, Smith the innocent American and Jones the confidence man - these are the 'comedians' of Graham Greene's title. Hiding behind their actors' masks, they hesitate of the edge of life. And, to begin with, they are men afraid of love, afraid of pain, afraid of fear itself.

Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
In a prequel to Jane Eyre, Creole heiress Antoinette Cosway lives in Dominica and Jamaica in the 1830s before she travels to England, becomes Mrs. Rochester, and goes mad.

Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat
A young Haitian girl comes of age torn between two cultures--the Haiti of her Tante Atie and Grandmother Ife, and the New York of her mother Martine.