Alligator Smiles

Alligator Smiles

A Tale of Romance & Hidden Crime Under the Florida Sun

Bad things are lurking in the swamp…

When a young female arts executive from Los Angeles accepts a job in rural Florida cultural shock is the lesser of her troubles. Debra Price’s work to develop a cultural park makes some good ol’ boys angry. The park land hides their secrets.

A land scam and drug smuggling bring violence to innocent people, and Debra, a victim of the men’s conspiracy, fights back. She learns that, like the "smiles" on alligators, Southern manners can hide dangerous thoughts.

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5 Star ReviewMove over, Carl Hiaasen!

By John S.on October 31, 2012

In Alligator Smiles, Blythe Rainey-Cuyler becomes the newest mystery writer to set a plot of murder, deception, corruption, sex, and vindication on a background of Florida's tropical Gulf Coast. Replete with unscrupulous land developers and good ol' boys in league to bring about her downfall, Alligator Smiles' main character draws upon the author's wide experience in the performing arts to provide a convincing tale in which the mosquitoes and swamps, heat, humidity, exotic flora and fauna create an atmosphere perfect for mayhem and seduction. A real page turner (or page forwarder on your Kindle)!

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On Location with Danger

On Location with Danger

Hollywood glamour takes a backseat when danger is at the wheel...

A stalker and a smuggling ring bring murder and mayhem to a Hollywood company filming in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1983.

When L.A. talent agent, Kay Randall, joins her movie star husband, Craig Harris, on location for a film, both are ensnared in a dangerous web. The film, directed by a “Boy Wonder Director,” seems cursed as death threats plague the movie star and his wife, film equipment is stolen, two members of the production are killed, the stalker attacks, and the smugglers become violent.

A pervasive aura of suspense surrounds the behind-the-camera events while readers experience scenic locations with Hollywood’s “beautiful people” confronting danger.

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Tinseltown Dreams

Tinseltown Dreams...

Love & Death in Hollywood, 1982

When tinsel tarnishes it isn’t so pretty...

It’s 1982 and Hollywood is singing “Greed is Good” while fueled by dreams of success. But Hollywood can be rough on dreamers and criminals can stalk the most vulnerable.

Kay Randall, a talent agent, discovers dangerous shadows behind the blinding glitter. Kay and her best friend, a boutique owner; a fading singer; a homicide detective; a movie star; a man-about-town agency owner, and a has-been “superhero” are mixed into a potent cocktail of illegal contracts, a dead woman on Malibu beach, and an evil conspiracy, concocted by international criminals who turn dreams into nightmares.

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A Gulfstream of Trouble

A Gulf Stream of Trouble

New York was Bad Enough, but Florida is Deadly…

Death threats, accidents, and a theft of valuable artwork jeopardize the production of an art heist movie when filming starts in New York. Thieves are using the script to plan their art thefts and someone else is a saboteur. It only gets worse when the filming moves to Florida: death gets a starring role.

When the killings start, the FBI's focus expands from art theft to homicide. Kay Randall, the wife of the film's star, risks her life in Key West to help the FBI unravel two conspiracies: one trafficking in stolen artwork and one jeopardizing the film and everyone connected to it.

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