Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #29669 in Books
• Published on: 2004-07-05
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 288 pages

Synopsis
Thomas Lessor left Las Vegas for Miami to get away from it all -- in fact, he felt certain he was going to get away with murder. But he is wrong. The Las Vegas PD has contacted Miami with a warrant for his arrest, and before long the forces of law and order are once more hot on his trail. Then Horatio Caine and his colleagues in the Miami Crime Scene Investigation team are called to the scene of Lessor's abandoned limo...abandoned in spirit, that is, but not in body. Meanwhile, on a pleasant and secluded Miami beach, a young couple are about to make a gruesome discovery...

Customer Reviews

Like watching on TV
This book is so wonderfully written that you can really see what's going on. It feels just like watching it on TV! I thought the last CSI book was good,but this one was even better. I have personally never watched any of the CSIs, but I loved this book and still felt able to connect with the characters, despite never having watched the show, so I would reccomend it to devoted fans of the show, but also to people who have no intention of ever watching

Brilliant!!
This book was absolutly brilliant.I'm very pleased with my buy. The storyline was excellent and the details of people and places was excellent aswell. If you are a CSI fan like me then this is definatly a must buy, you won't regret it!

Florida Getaway
'Florida Getway' is the first book in the C.S.I: Miami written series, featuring Horatio Caine and his team of CSIs - Alexx, Calleigh, Eric and Speedle. The story begins in Las Vegas where the Vegas CSIs are trying to get enough evidence together to pin a murder on big-time hotel owner Thomas Lessor, but in the meantime Lessor goes over to Florida and Grissom passes on the case to Horatio. Only minutes after Lessor arrives in Florida there are two more murders and from the evidence it looks like it could be linked to the mob.

For a TV novelisation, Max Allan Collins does a decent job of recreating the characters from the show, giving them their usual characteristics and also keeps the fast-paced and suspense-filled style of the show. The dialogue is just as familiar and witty (including H's corny one-liners) and makes reading it just as enjoyable as watching it. Florida Getaway is very exciting and filled with lots of plot twists (even though one or two are a little predictable) and opening up the story with the characters from the Vegas CSI series is a great way of introducing the (then-new) series to the reader, making everything seem a little more familiar. Overall this is a great spin-off from the show and a book that any fan of the TV show should enjoy. At 275 pages it's a fairly quick and easy read and one that will keep you guessing until the end.